In Focus: Local Catholics mark Easter with Stations of the Cross in Centralia

Many local Catholics  began their Easter weekend on Good Friday, April 3, by watching as Centralia’s St. Mary’s and Chehalis’ St. Joseph’s Catholic parishes performed the Stations of the Cross.

The stations were performed by students.

According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, “The Stations of the Cross, also known as the Way of the Cross or Via Crucis, commemorate Jesus’s passion and death on the cross. There are 14 stations that each depict a moment on his journey to Calvary, usually through sacred art, prayers, and reflections … Later, for the many who wanted to pass along the same route, but could not make the trip to Jerusalem, a practice developed that eventually took the form of the fourteen stations currently found in almost every church throughout the world.”

Photos by Chronicle Photo Editor Ridley Hudson.