Follow the cross through Saskatoon streets on Good Friday morning

The Good Friday “Way of the Cross” outdoor prayer walk will again be held in downtown Saskatoon, with pilgrims following the cross, praying and singing through city streets and reflecting on the passion and death of Jesus.

This public witness of faith on a day marked by Christians around the world will begin at 10 a.m. on Good Friday morning, April 18, 2025, starting in front of the Court of King’s Bench building on Spadina Crescent in Saskatoon (please arrive at 9:45 a.m.) The prayer walk takes  approximately 90 minutes, ending at St. Paul’s Co-Cathedral, 720 Spadina Cr. East with Saskatoon bishops leading the final reflection.

Everyone is welcome to attend this free public event, joining others in peacefully walking, praying and singing through the city streets, following the cross and reflecting on the “stations” that mark different moments on the day that Jesus Christ died on the cross, using the scriptural Way of the Cross introduced by St. John Paul II.

The cross will be carried by representatives of different Christian churches, youth groups, justice organizations and community advocacy groups – with a different group leading the prayers at each of the 14 stations.

At each station, reflections and prayers focus on connecting the suffering and death of Jesus to the injustice and the suffering experienced by so many in our world today. Concerns addressed in prayer at each of the different stations include such things as poverty, hunger, persecution, mental health awareness, injustice, human trafficking, and threats to human life.

Article and photos from last year’s event – WAY OF CROSS 2024

Planned stops during outdoor Way of the Cross:

1. START in front of the Kings Bench Court House on Spadina Cres (participants gathering at 9:45 am, start time 10)
2. Corner of Spadina and 20^th Street
3. 240 – 4th Ave South (20^th Street access near corner of 4th Ave S)
4. 256 – 3rd Ave S
5. 238 – 3rd Ave S
6. 130 – 3rd Ave S
7. Corner of 3rd Ave N and 22nd St E (within courtyard of Sturdy Stone Building)
8. City Hall – 3rd Ave N entrance
9. City Hall North Side – 24th St E access to greenspace
10. 405 – 24th St E HMCS Unicorn
11. Corner of 4th Ave N and 23rd Street E
12. 514 – 23rd St E
13. 728 Spadina Cres E
14. CONCLUSION on Front steps of St. Paul’s Co-Cathedral, 720 Spadina Cres E

 

For more information please contact: Myron Rogal of the Justice and Peace Office, Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon at (306) 659-5841 or mrogal@rcdos.ca

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