The annual Good Friday Way of the Cross for Peace and Justice will be held today (Good Friday, April 3, 2015) beginning at noon at the Supreme Court Building, 2nd & Capitol Ave. The hour and a half prayerful walk remembers Jesus’ passion and its connection with the sufferings of injustice experienced in God’s people in our world today. Join with others in this ecumenical experience of prayer. The walk is sponsored by Pax Christi Springfield, Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, and Springfield Dominican Sisters.
WAY OF THE CROSS 2015
LOCATION and THEME
1. Supreme Court Building (2nd & Capitol) Capital Punishment
2. Martin Luther King Statue (2nd & Capitol) Racism
3. INB (SW Corner 4th & Capitol) Economic Justice
4. Department of Children & Family Services (SE Corner 4th & Monroe) Violence
5. Federal Building (SE Corner 6th & Monroe) Poverty & Hunger
6. U Turn Shelter/SOS (7th & Monroe looking to 9th & Madison) Homelessness
7. Medical District (8th & Monroe looking to Hospitals area) Health Care
8. Department of Human Services (Between 8th & 9th on Monroe) Women & children
9. Sangamon County Jail (Adams between 9th & 10th) Prisons
10. Corner Green Lot (SW Corner 9th & Capitol) Environment
11. U.N. Tree (7th between Monroe & Capitol) Immigration
12. Federal Building (6th & Capitol) War
13. Governor’s Mansion (5th & Jackson) Life
14. Bus Transfer Station (4th Capitol) Discipleship
Sponsored by:
Hospital Sisters of St. Francis
Pax Christi Springfield
Springfield Dominican Sisters
