AMERICA : CANADA : FREE WAY OF THE CROSS RESOURCE FOR LENT

CCCB RELEASE


way_of_the_crossAs a possible resource for the Year of Faith, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has invited the Commissariat of the Holy Land in Canada to arrange a special text for the Stations of the Cross. Prepared for celebrations of the Way of the Cross this Lent and on Good Friday, the new pastoral resource includes prayers for peace in the Holy Land. “In the Way of the Cross – Way of Faith we also recall the bonds of communion and solidarity that unite Christian communities in Canada with those in the Holy Land and throughout the Middle East, especially the Church in Jerusalem,” the Most Reverend Richard Smith, Archbishop of Edmonton and President of the CCCB, writes in his introduction.
An illustrated version of Way of the Cross – Way of Faith is available online for personal prayer and meditation. The English and French texts without the illustrations are also available with the dioceses of Canada, and are online so they can be freely downloaded for use by parishes or other groups. The resources are available on the CCCB website, as well as on the website for the Commissariat of the Holy Land in Canada. The Commissariat's website also includes other resources for prayer and meditation. The illustrated web version of Way of the Cross – Way of Faith includes photographs from the 2002 World Youth Day Way of the Cross.
SHARED FROM BISHOPS CONFERENCE OF CANADA

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