THE WAY OF THE CROSS

The fourteen outdoor stations of the cross were installed in 1933 which are similar to the stations at the Church of Our Lady of Hostyn on Hostyn Mount, Moravia, Czechoslovakia.
Parishioners donated the impressive stations which are identified with their names in gtranite.

I. Jesus is Condemned to Death.
         CHRISTE, CUM SIT EXIRE,
          DA PER MATREM ME VENIRE
              AD PALMAM VICTORIAE
          P. PAULUS PETRUS KASPAR
                    A.D. 1942

II. Jesus is laden with the Cross.
        KU CTI A SLAVE
         RUZENOCOVE PANNY MARIE
        OCHRANKYNI TEXASKEHO HOSTYNA
               VENUJI
         JAN KANA A MANZELKA, MARIE

III. Jesus Fall the First Time.
         PAMATCE NASICH RADICU
         FRANTISKA A JOHANY KANOVYCH
         KARLA A ROZALIE HRACHOVYCH
              A SYNA JANA VENUJI
              JAN A MARIE KANOVI

IV.  Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother.
          PAMATCE NASICH RODICU
          JANA A MARIE KNOVYCH
          JANA A MARIE BARTOVYCH
                  VENUJI
          EMIL A ELLA KANOVI

V.  Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus.
         KU CTI A SLAVE BOZI
          A PAMATCE TEXASKEMU HOSTYNU
              VENUJI
         JITI A MARIE KANOVI A DITKY

VI.  Veronica Wipes the face of Jesus.
           PAMATCE NASICH RODICU
           JOSEFA A BARBORY KUBOSVYCH
           JANA A MARII BARTOVYCH
            VENUJI
            JINDRICH A ANAA KUBOSOVI

VII.  Jesus Falls the Second Time.
           PANE JEZISI ZACHOVEJ A OBZIVUJ
           A NEVYDAVEJ VE VULI NEPRATEL
            RODINU
           FRANTISKA A ANNY ADAMCIKOVYCH

VIII.  Jesus Speaks to the Weeping Women.
           BOZE, CHVALIME TEVE
           PANE MOC TVOU VELEBIME
           V TOBET NASE DOUFANI
           KAREL A JULIE ADAMCIKOVI

IX.  Jesus Falls the Third Time.
           AZ SMRT TELO MOJE SCHVATI
           RACIZ, KRISTE, DUSI DATI
           V NEBESA VJIT LIVEZNA
           FRANTISKA KASPAR

X. Jesus is Stripped of His Garments.
          JEZISI, KRALI
           BUD VSE, CO KDY VYKONAME
           TOBE K CTI, NAM K SPASENI
           AUGUSTIN A MARIE JANDOVI
           JAN J JANDA

XI.  Jesus is Nailed to the Cross.
            PAMATCE
            KARLA A FRANTISKY RAINOSKOVYCH
            A JEJICH DITEK
            VENUJI
            VDECWE DETI A SOUROZENCI

XII. Jesus Dies on the Cross.
           LORD, JESUS, CRUCIFIED!
           HAVE MERCY ON THE SOUL OF
            WILLIAM L. WILSON
            --------------------------------------------
            GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
            JUNE 13, 1907 - MARCH 12, 1937

XIII.  Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross.
             NATICKU KRISTOVA
             OTEVR JIM BRANU
             KU KRISTU PANU
             JOSEF F A ANEZKA LIDIAKOVI A DITKY
              JOSEF F A LUDMILA JANDOVI A DITKY

XIV.  Jesus is Laid in the Sepulchre.
             PAMATCE RODICU
             JANA A FRANTISKY KASPAROVYCH
             Z VDECNOSTI VENUJE
             DP PAVEL P KASPAR