Stations of the Cross and Soup Suppers - Fridays During Lent - Saint Ignatius Catholic Community

Friday, February 20, 2026, 6:00 PM

Repeats every Friday until April 3, 2026

Location: Church

In the Main Church

The Stations of the Cross (also known as the Way of the Cross or Via Dolorosa) is a 14-step Catholic devotion that commemorates the final hours of Jesus Christ's life. It serves as a "spiritual pilgrimage," where participants move from station to station to meditate on specific events of the Passion. Our Stations has both the traditional language leading to Christ’s death and its sorrows easily found in our City where similar moments played out today.

At St. Ignatius they are sculptured engravings arranged at intervals around the walls of a church. They are as follows:

Christ condemned to death;
the cross is laid upon him;
His first fall;
He meets His Blessed Mother;
Simon of Cyrene is made to bear the cross;
Christ's face is wiped by Veronica;
His second fall;
He meets the women of Jerusalem;
His third fall;
He is stripped of His garments;
His crucifixion;
His death on the cross;
His body is taken down from the cross; and
aid in the tomb.

The object of the Stations is to help the faithful to make in spirit, as it were, a pilgrimage to the chief scenes of Christ's sufferings and death, and this has become one of the most popular of Catholic devotions. It is carried out by passing from Station to Station, with certain prayers at each and devout meditation on the various incidents in turn.

Each Stations of the Cross Service is followed by the best Lenten meal in Baltimore, prepared and served lovingly by parishioners.
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For the Stations of the Cross service, and for the following simple dinner we are seeking people who will either take a role in the Service - or will sign up to provide food.

Please click the link below to let us know how your intentions
Sign up: https://st-ignatius.net/stations-of-the-cross