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The stations of the cross, as with many devotional forms within the Catholic Church, has developed over the centuries. The practice of walking the Via Dolorosa began with pilgrims to the Holy Land in Jerusalem during the Crusades and was brought back to the local parish churches by those pilgrims and crusaders. St. Alphonsus Liguouri authored a standard form in the 1700s that continues to be used in parishes today.

As a layperson in the Catholic Church, sometimes the practices and ceremonies that take place can be very confusing. It may have been many years since we have had any formal instruction. We may encounter people from other Christian denominations, or other faiths entirely, who have questions or comments on some of what they see us do or what we as Catholics believe and because we don't fully understand ourselves it becomes difficult to explain to them what it all means.