Way of the Cross 2025 – downtown Saskatoon Good Friday Posted By: Kiply Lukan Yaworski April 23, 2025Way of the Cross organizer Myron Rogal of the diocesan Justice and Peace Office welcomes the crowd and provides instructions before the start of the Good Friday prayer walk. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Presenters for the various stations include representatives of community organizations, churches, and faith groups. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Station 1: Yvonne Powell of L'Arche Saskatoon leads a prayer. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Station 1: Listening to the reflection and prayer by L'Arche Saskatoon representatives. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Carrying the cross from Station 1 to Station 2. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Members of the Catholic Women's League of Canada carry the cross to Station 2. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Members of the CWL carry the cross to Station 2 "Jesus Betrayed by Judas, is Arrested." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Leaders of the CWL proclaim the scripture for Station 2 and lead a reflection and prayer about the scourge of human trafficking. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Station 2: human trafficking was addressed by members of the CWL. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)The crowd listens and prays before the cross carried through the city streets. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)It is the 25th year for the annual Good Friday outdoor Way of the Cross in Saskatoon. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Pilgrims listen and pray at the second station on Good Friday morning. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Christopher Powell and Yvonne Powell represented L'Arche Saskatoon at the Good Friday outdoor Way of the Cross in Saskatoon, organized by Justice and Peace coordinator Myron Rogal (at back). (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Tyrone McKenzie, Lead Chaplain with the Salvation Army, carries the cross to the third station. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)"The Way of The Cross was such a meaningful and momentous event for me again this year," said Tyrone McKenzie, Lead Chaplain for the Salvation Army, who carried the cross and led a reflection on poverty at the third station. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Station 3: "Jesus is condemned." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)At the third station, Tyrone McKenzie of the Salvation Army reflected on how indifference de-humanizes those in poverty. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Madeline Oliver, who provides spiritual care at the Hospice at Glengarda in Saskatoon, carries the cross to the fourth station. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Station 4: "Peter denies Jesus." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)At the fourth station, representatives of Catholic health reflected on the denial of Christ's presence in the process of dying. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)In a reflection at the fourth station, Peter Oliver, Executive Director of the Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan (right) cited a recent pastoral letter from the Catholic Bishops of Saskatchewan - "Dying with Hope: Living and Walking Together." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Pilgrims listen and pray at the fourth station. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Preparing to carry the cross to the fifth station during the annual outdoor Way of the Cross on Good Friday. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Carrying the cross to the fourth station: "Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)The call to welcome newcomers, immigrants and refugees, was the focus of reflection and prayer at the fifth station, led by Hannah Enti-Brown of the diocesan Office for Migration. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Station 5: "Jesus is judged by Pilate" -- reflecting on the imposition of guilt on immigrants and refugees. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Nadeem Bhatti of Canadian Aid to Persecuted Christians carries the cross to the sixth station. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Representatives of Canadian Aid to Persecuted Christians led the reflection and prayer at the sixth station. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Station 6: "Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Wilson Nablimpa, volunteer ambassador for the Canadian Foodgrains bank takes up the cross after the sixth station. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Carrying the cross to Station 7. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Representatives of Canadian Foodgrains Bank led the reflection at the seventh station. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Increasing food security around the world to restore dignity and save lives was the theme of a reflection by Wilson Nablimpa of Canadian Foodgrains Bank. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Parishioners from Dormition of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church in saskatoon carry the cross to the eighth station. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Carrying the cross to Station 8: "Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)At Station 8, Nadia Stadnyk of Dormition of the Mother of God Parish, reflects on "carrying the cross alongside people living with mental health challenges." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)The crowd listens to a reflection about how Dormition of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Parish is responding to a call to walk alongside those with mental health challenges. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon Bishop Michael Smolinski (foreground, at right) listens to the reflection at Station 8 by parishioners of Dormition of the Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)St. Paul's Hospital representative Joanne Kryzyk takes up the cross to carry it to Station 9. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)At Station 9, St. Paul's Hospital representatives Dorothy Schick, Joanne and Wayne Kryzyk (l-r) reflected and prayed about expanding empathy beyond our immediate circumstances. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Pilgrims gather around the ninth station: "Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem" with reflection and prayer by representatives of St. Paul's Hospital. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Station 9: Reflecting on expanding empathy and compassion beyond our immediate circumstances and the production of the short film "Bringing Back the Circle: The Voices of Pleasant Hill." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Michael LeBlanc, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada provincial animator for Saskatchewan-Keewatin-Le-Pas, carries the cross to the tenth station on Good Friday morning. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Michael and Julie LeBlanc, representing Development and Peace-Caritas Canada, reflected on care of creation and those land and environmental defenders all around the world who put their lives on the line out of love for their communities and the care of creation. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Station 10: "Jesus is crucified." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Pilgrims gather across from St. Vincent Lerins Orthodox Church during the downtown Way of the Cross on Good Friday morning. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Pilgrims gather across from St. Vincent Lerins Orthodox Church during the downtown Way of the Cross on Good Friday morning. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Michael LeBlanc of Development and Peace -Caritas Canada reflects on care of creation and ecological injustice during the Good Friday Way of the Cross in Saskatoon. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Ferdinand Gemoh, Parish Life Director at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, carries the cross from Station 10 to Station 11. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Ferdinand Gemoh, Parish Life Director at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, carries the cross to the eleventh station during the annual scriptural Way of the Cross held Good Friday in Saskatoon. Recalling Jesus' promise of his Kingdom to the good thief, Our Lady of Guadalupe parishioners led a reflection on the faith of the First Peoples of this land. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Ferdinand Gemoh, Parish Life Director at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, carries the cross to the eleventh station during the annual scriptural Way of the Cross held Good Friday in Saskatoon. Recalling Jesus' promise of his Kingdom to the good thief, Our Lady of Guadalupe parishioners led a reflection on the faith of the First Peoples of this land. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Parishioners from Our Lady of Guadalupe Indigenous Parish lead the reflection at Station 11, praying for healing, reconciliation, and unity. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Parishioners from Our Lady of Guadalupe Indigenous Parish reflected on the faith of First Peoples of this land. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Members of the Iraqi Christian community carried the cross to Station 12. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Praying in English and in Aramaic, the language of Jesus, leaders at Station 12, reflected on families divided by events, war, and persecution in Iraq. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Ron Denis of the Knights of Columbus carries the cross from Station 12 to Station 13 during the downtown Way of the Cross on Good Friday morning. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Ron Denis of the Knights of Columbus carries the cross from Station 12 to Station 13 during the downtown Way of the Cross on Good Friday morning. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Members of the D'Arcy McGee Fourth Degree Assembly led a time of silence after proclaiming the scripture for Station 13: "Jesus dies on the cross." Ron Denis of the Knights of Columbus carries the cross from Station 12 to Station 13 during the downtown Way of the Cross on Good Friday morning. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Bishop Michael Smolinski, CSsR, of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon (front) and Bishop Mark Hagemoen of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon carry the cross from Station 13 to the final Station 14 during the Good Friday morning Way of the Cross through downtown Saskatoon. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Pilgrims follow the two Catholic bishops as they carry the cross to the final station of the scriptural Way of the Cross. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Bishop Michael Smolinski, CSsR, of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy, and Bishop Mark Hagemoen of the Roman Catholic Diocese (l-r) led the final summary reflection at Station 14: "Jesus is placed in the tomb." (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Station 14 was marked on the steps of St. Paul Co-Cathedral on Spadina Cr. E. in Saskatoon, led by Bishop Michael Smolinski of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy (left) and Bishop Mark Hagemoen of the Roman Catholic Diocese. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Following their reflection and a concluding prayer the bishops blessed the crowd and led the Lord's Prayer to conclude the 2025 downtown Way of the Cross in Saskatoon. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)The crowd prayed the Lord's Prayer together at the conclusion of the annual downtown Way of the Cross in Saskatoon - each praying in their own language. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Organizer Myron Rogal (left) of the diocesan Justice and Peace Office expressed thanks to the Saskatoon Police Service, the City of Saskatoon, Bill Webster and crew from Night Owl Audio, and all the volunteers and presenters who assisted with the 2025 event. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)The Way of the Cross prayer event was again covered by some local media outlets. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)
