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The 14 beautiful songs on this CD are presented as part of the Living Stations of the Cross. The history of the stations, along with songs are listed below.

The Living Stations of the Cross was started in 1970 by the Youth Group at St. John Vianney Catholic Church. The grup went out onthe the road for the first time in 1973, headed by Him and Dee Valentine for the next 17 years until Jim's death in 1990.

This year's ' Living Stations' are dedicated to all our priests and nuns who unselfishly give us so much.

The Living Stations of the Cross is now an allvolunteer ministry who gather each year in early January to practice their unique re-enactment of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Every week of the Lenten Season, the ministry loads up is sound system, instruments, lighting, costumes and staging to begin its annual Walk With Christ throughout the Diocese of Orlando.

The Living Stations of the Cross has continued withouth interruption since its inception, demonstating the love and dedication these people have developed for this ministry. Most remain with the ministry many years and become a part of "Old Guard". It is a ministry that motivated the young people to want to learn more about Jesus and HIs everyday life by their own participation in the Living Stations.

The 2008 Living Stations Schedule in Central Florida is:

April 8 (Good Friday) - 7:30 PM
St. Thomas Aquinas - St. Cloud

March 14 (Friday - 7:30 PM
St. John vianney - Orlando

March 7 (Friday) - 7:00 PM
Sts. Peter & Paul - Winter Park

February 29 (Friday) - 7:30 PM
St. Andrew - Orlando

February 15 (Friday) - 7:00 PM
Holy Cross - Orlando

February 9 (Friday) - 7:30 PM
Blessed Sacrament

The Directors for the Living Stations Ministry 2008 are Doris and Jack Hunt. The Associate Directors are Kathy and Mark Mueller.

PRESENTATION AND SONGS

STATION		SONG	VOCALS
1.	The Condemnation	Jesus Hail the Lamb	Kelly Hunt
2.	Jesus Carries His Cross	Somebody's Praying	Fr. Miguel Gonzalez
3.	The First Fall	You Alone	Kelly Hunt
4.	Jesus Meets His Mother	Mary Did You Know-	Kelly Hunt
5.	Simon Helps Jesus	I Will Be There	Fr. Miguel Gonzalez
6.	Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus	You did That For Me	Kelly Hunt
7.	Jesus Falls Again	On My Knees	Fr. Miguel Gonzalez
8.	Jesus Meets the Women and Children of Jeruselm	I Can Only Imagine	Kelly Hunt
9.	Jesus Fall the Third Time	If You Want Me To	Kelly Hunt
10.	Jesus is Stripped	Hammer	Fr. Miguel Gonzalez
11.	The Crucifixion	Selected music from Jesus Christ Superstar
12.	Jesus's Death	Mary's Song	Kelly Hunt
13.		What Will You Do	Fr. Miguel Gonzalez
14.	Resurrection	He's Alive	Fr. Miguel Gonzalez

Where did the Stations of the Cross come from?

People reflected on the passion and death of Jesus after He died. Many started visiting Jerusalem and would walk the path that Jesus took. Via Dolorosa, is the street that Jesus took and is known as the ‘way of pain’. Those who first started to walk this path would stop along and remember what happened to Jesus and probably marked different places for others who would walk this street also. These people would become know as ‘pilgrims’.

Christianity spread though the world, but traveling to Jerusalem was not possible for many people, but it did not deter them from their wanting to know and remember the path that Jesus took to his death. By the 12th century the feelings cause by the Crusades and an ever increasing devotion and commitment to the Passion of Christ created a demand in Europeon life for a representation of the last steps of the life of Jesus.

In 1342, the Franciscans believed that their mission was to encourage devotion to the shrines in the Holy Land which they had just taken over. Christ’s passion became commonplace in western Europe as a series of shrines were built to help the faithful remember Christ’s last foot steps. These shrines started to be built outside churches and monasteries. In the 16th century, the current number of 14 stations appeared and by the 18th century became standard through papal pronouncements.

Franciscan Leonard of Port Maurice (died 1751), set up more than 500 sets of stations with the best known one in the the Coliseum on Rome. As the years passed, many Catholic Churches had the Stations of the Cross along the walls of their worship space. Today, "Pilgrims" can go to Church any time, to view and pray along with each Station of the Cross.

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