{"id":669,"date":"2023-04-07T22:59:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T22:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=669"},"modified":"2025-09-28T04:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T04:44:12","slug":"pax-christi-good-friday-stations-return-to-the-streets-of-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=669","title":{"rendered":"Pax Christi Good Friday Stations return to the streets of Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b6853185cf200d-200wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11571\" title=\"20230407_111231\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to the Stations (Pax Christi, the Catholic peace organization) today; Brigid and I have gone since about 1991, but today I just went myself. It&#8217;s the first time since 2019 they have been done with the usual Stations across 42nd St; cancelled and done via zoom during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was glad to go &#8211; there was a crowd which at it&#8217;s height was maybe 160 people. This compares to 700-800 when we were going in the 1990&#8217;s. The number had been dropping steadily since the early 2000&#8217;s &#8211; many have gone on to their eternal reward! But not a bad number since it&#8217;s virtually a re-boot of the event. And the crowd was much younger &#8211; good turnout of students from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cristoreyny.org\/\">Cristo Rey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fordhamprep.org\/\">Fordham Prep<\/a> high schools. I spoke briefly with two of the Prep teachers, both of whom know Joe, who graduated from the Prep in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517a6992200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11570\" title=\"20230407_103415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517a6992200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517a6992200b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517a69a0200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11569\" title=\"20230407_103505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517a69a0200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517a69a0200b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Stations are all about social justice issues and each is presented by a different group with a different topic. Some of them are excellent. (Around 2001 my church did a station &#8211; my friends John Lally and Yvonne Rivera presented &#8211; on stem cell research and the immorality of embryo research.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b6853185f8200d-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11568\" title=\"20230407_112855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b6853185f8200d-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b6853185f8200d-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course Manhattan is the epicenter of income inequality. And here&#8217;s some irony &#8211; Pax Christi decrying it and the background has two of the mega-rich residential skyscrapers at the south end of Central Park &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billionaires%27_Row_(Manhattan)\"> Billionaires Row<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7519ec01a200c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11567\" title=\"20230407_111715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7519ec01a200c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7519ec01a200c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hmmm. Old and young&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517a6a0c200b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11566\" title=\"20230407_111252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517a6a0c200b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/6a00d834525a2f69e202b7517a6a0c200b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went to the Stations (Pax Christi, the Catholic peace organization) today; Brigid and I have gone since about 1991, but today I just went myself. It&#8217;s the first time since 2019 they have been done with the usual Stations across 42nd St; cancelled and done via zoom during the pandemic. 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