During Lent, pray these Stations of the Cross with your family for all those impacted by human trafficking. 

Stations of the Cross - DYN

Download PowerPoint  (2.5MB)

FIRST STATION         

Pontius Pilate condemns Jesus to death.

For all those working for justice in order to end human trafficking.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

Second Station

Jesus takes up his cross.

For the laborer who is forced to make clothing for 12 hours a day and is paid very little.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

 

Third Station

Jesus falls the first time.

For the young girl sold into sex slavery.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

 

Fourth Station

Jesus meets his most holy mother.

For the mothers and fathers whose children are missing because they have been trafficked.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

 

Fifth Station 

Simon the Cyrenian helps Jesus carry the cross.

For all those aid workers who sacrifice much to help victims of human trafficking.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

 

Sixth Station 

Veronica wipes the face of Jesus.

For the stranger who offers a drink of water to the day laborer.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

 

Seventh Station

Jesus falls for the second time.

For the teenagers who believed they were going to another country for a better life and ended up enslaved.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

 

Eighth Station

Jesus meets the weeping women of Jerusalem.

For the families who wait in sorrow for their loved ones to return from a fishing boat that never lets their workers leave.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

Ninth Station 

Jesus falls a third time.

For the child forced to pick the cocoa bean to make chocolate.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

Tenth Station

Jesus is stripped of his garments.

For the nanny brought from another country and not allowed to leave the home.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

 

Eleventh Station

Jesus is nailed to the cross.

For the miners harvesting the minerals for our smartphones who never receive their wages.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

Twelfth Station 

Jesus dies on the cross.

For those who are taken captive so that their organs can be taken and sold on the black market.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

Thirteenth Station

Jesus is laid in the arms of his most holy mother.

For the farmer chopping down sugar cane who only receives ¼ of his wages.

All: Jesus, remember your people.

Fourteenth Station

Jesus is laid in the tomb.

For the survivors of human trafficking, that others may take the time to listen to their stories.

 All: Jesus, remember your people.

ECONOMIC JUSTICE

EDUCATOR’S GUIDE

Get DYN’s Educator Guide for

Middle School  and  K – 5

ACCESS NOW