Stations of the Cross are primarily a devotion for the Lenten Season.  However, they are also proper devotions for Friday during the rest of the Church year. For your private contemplations, we are pleased to bring you an on-line version of the Stations of Cross drawn from the traditional version, used by most Roman Catholics, found in our St. Augustine Prayer Book, and the Episcopal Church version used by All Saints' Church. The St. Augustine Prayer Book is a series of devotions and liturgies designed for members of the Episcopal Church.  Many of the Anglo-Catholic rituals practiced  in our church are drawn from this prayer book.

 The devotion text used here will be combination of traditional text, which includes the Hail Mary, the Glory Be and quotes from the on the history of this great 13th century Latin hymn) and the Episcopal Church version used by All Saints' Episcopal Church. It should be noted that there are many variations on text for the Stations of the Cross used in both the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Churches.  Our version is more scripturally based. Others use text styled as a devotional story. Over the years text have been written by such Christian luminaries as John Henry Cardinal Newman(1801-1890) and St. Francis De Sales(1567-1622). 

Your personal devotional period with our Stations of the Cross should take about 20 minutes depending on the speed of your connection and computer.  If you do not have time now, please join us at a later time. The link to the Opening Prayers is at the bottom of the page.  However, if you wish a short history of the evolution of the Stations of the Cross, before your meditations, you can click on the button below.

 We are grateful to the following organizations who have allowed us to use art for our Stations of Cross devotion: 

1. All Saints' Episcopal Church San Francisco.

2. Our Lady of Lourdes Depere, Wisconsin

3. 7th Grade Children, Arcadia Catholic School, Plover, Wisconsin

4. St. Marks' Episcopal Cathedral, Hastings, Nebraska

5. St. Hugo of the Hills Catholic Church, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

6. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

7. Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Berlin, Germany

8. Episcopal Franciscan Orders Traditional Art

Other art sources such rights-free masterworks are indicated on each station. Please click below to go the Opening Devotions.