Via Crucis In Newark To Remember The Suffering of Immigrant Detainees (3...

"Jesus Is Made To Carry The Cross" at City Hall in Newark, NJ, as part of the Good Friday Way of the Cross For Immigrant Justice on March 29th, 2013

http://www.facebook.com/events/482678781781655/

1. Jesus is condemned to death :: Theme: Immigrants are imprisoned by laws that do not reflect our beliefs / Location: Federal Immigration Building (970 Broad St.) / Luke 23:13-21

2. Jesus is made to carry the Cross :: Theme: Immigrants shoulder the jobs native born Americans don't want / Location: City Hall (920 Broad St.) / Matthew 27:27-31

3. Jesus falls the first time :: Theme: How do I overcome adversity?
Location:  Broad at Lafayette St. near Prudential Sports Center / Deuteronomy 10:17-19

4. Jesus meets His mother :: Theme: How do we support families torn by immigration?
Location: Across from the Prudential Insurance Company (745 Broad St.) / Luke 2:34-35

5. Simon of Cyrene is forced to help carry the cross :: Theme: How do I share the burdens of others? / Location: Military Park / Luke 23:26

6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus :: Theme: How do I challenge society to offer care to all? / Location: St. Michael's Hospital (111 Central Avenue) / Matthew 25:35b-40


7. Jesus falls the second time :: Theme: How must we take better care of our environment? / Location: The block of rubble at Orange St. and Martin Luther King Blvd. / Hebrews 5:7-8

8. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem :: Theme: How do I protect the vulnerable?
Location: Broad Street Train Station at MLK Blvd. / Luke 23:27-29

9. Jesus falls the third time :: Theme: How do I persevere in the face of despair?
Location: Martin Luther King Blvd at 7th Ave. / Matthew 24: 9-13

10. Jesus is stripped of His garments :: Theme: How do I protect the human dignity of others? / Location: Passing St. Lucy on 7th Ave. / Psalm 22:14-18

11. Jesus is nailed to the cross :: Theme: How do I forgive and reconcile with those who hurt me? / Location: Entrance to Branch Brook Park at 7th Ave. and  Clifton St. / Mark 15: 22-24

12. Jesus dies on the cross :: Theme: How can we prevent inhumane treatment? / Location: Within Branch Brook Park / Mark 15: 33-37

13. Jesus is taken down from the cross :: Theme: How do I receive the immigrant into my communities? / Location: Exit Branch Brook Park at S. Ward and Clifton St. / John 19:38

14. Jesus is laid in the tomb :: Theme: How am I called to live in this world?
Location:  St. Lucy's Plaza, 118 7th Ave. / John 19:40-42

15.The Resurrection of Jesus :: Theme: How do I live the lessons of the Cross?
Location: Same location -- Inside St. Lucy / Matthew 28: 1-7

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SPONSORS include Pax Christi NJ, IRATE/First Friends, Wind of the Spirit, Archdiocesan Justice for Immigrants Task Force

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