{"id":2316,"date":"2015-04-04T12:21:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T12:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2316"},"modified":"2025-09-28T13:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:08:02","slug":"yesterdays-pax-christi-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2316","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday’s Pax Christi Stations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As always, glad I went. It’s a great public display of Faith, as we trek across Manhattan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However – when I first started going, in the early 90’s, there would be 800 – 900 people. Yesterday, at the height, only about 275. By the time we reached the end there were maybe (optimistically) 200 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the good side, it was a relatively balanced group, age-wise. Some of the Catholic high Schools are starting to get small contingents out. For example, Fordham Prep (Joe’s alma mater) had about ten and they did a Station on healthcare. Dr. Carney, from their religion department, promotes the event. And Marymount School had a great Station on human trafficking, while Christo Rey School did the last Station with the theme of fighting violence with non-violence. Excellent. And as always, some of the Stations were pretty forgettable. Nobody bats 1,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missing is any mention of the crucial life issues. Nothing on abortion or assisted suicide\/euthanasia, and nothing on the death penalty (which usually is<\/span> mentioned). No surprise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I love the public aspect of the event, especially when you have the powers-that-be insisting they support religious freedom, as long as it’s kept to one hour a week and stays within the church\/synagogue\/mosque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stations are led from this truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s Fordham Prep – Dr. Carney and two students on healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The three girls from Marymount School – this was an excellent meditation on human trafficking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s that truck! Moving on from the two Stations in Times Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is from the top of the stairs at one of the theaters, looking down. That’s just about the whole crowd.  You can just see the Cross at the front –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Three more Fordham Prep boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the last Station (the 15th; sometimes the Resurrection is added) with three students from Christo Rey, on non-violence in the face of violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the subject of numbers; as I was walking and bemoaning to myself the small turnout, I did realize that while we used to have 5 to 7 participants from my own church, this year I was the only one. Brigid decided not to go at the last minute for a couple of reasons. so it’s the old recruitment story; if everyone who attended this year brings one person next year, you go from 275 to 550. And the year after that, 1,100. Etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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