Our DLS Freshmen recently had an assignment to photograph the Stations of the Cross at various parishes as a reminder of Christ’s humanity. (Note: during Lent, the DLS Campus Ministry Department organized weekly Stations of the Cross prayer services). 

Students were to take pictures of the stations, either inside or outside of the church, and create a display showing the stations; students are encouraged to gift their final display. 

Projects were displayed this past week in the Commons, the school’s main hallway.

Theology teacher Mrs. Shelley Slusser, who assigned the project, listed these objectives: 

1. Spiritual Reflection: To help students meditate on the suffering, death, and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, deepening their understanding of His Passion.
2. Faith Formation: To connect classroom learning with personal faith by engaging them in a traditional Catholic devotion.
3. Active Participation: To encourage creative and active participation in the Lenten season through art, research, or presentation.
4. Empathy and Connection: To foster empathy by inviting students to relate the Stations to modern struggles or personal experiences.
5. Learning Church Tradition: To teach the historical and liturgical significance of the Stations in Catholic worship and how they are practiced. 

Mrs. Slusser said, "The students did such an amazing job! I am so proud of them."

The Stations of the Cross were photographed at the following locations: 

• Assumption Grotto (Detroit)
• Immaculate Conception (Ira Township)
• National Shrine of the Little Flower (Royal Oak)
• Our Lady of the Lakes (Waterford)
• Resurrection Cemetery (Clinton Township)
• San Francesco Catholic Church (Clinton Township)
• St. Anne (Warren)
• St. Blase (Sterling Heights)
• St. Clement of Rome (Romeo)
• St. Ephrem (Sterling Heights)
• St. Florian (Hamtramck)
• St. Isaac Jogues (St. Clair Shores)
• St. John Vianney (Shelby Township)
• St. Kieran (Shelby Township)
• St. Lawrence (Utica)
• St. Luke (Vero Beach, FL)
• St. Malachy (Sterling Heights)
• St. Martin de Porres (Warren)
• St. Mary of the Hills (Rochester Hills)
• St. Mary Queen of Creation (New Baltimore)
• St. Mary (Port Huron)
• St. Paul on the Lake (Grosse Pointe Farms)
• St. Peter (Mt. Clemens)
• St. Thecla (Clinton Township)
• St. Therese of Lisieux (Shelby Township)
• St. Joan of Arc (St. Clair Shores)
• Sts. John and Paul (Washington)
• St Thomas More Catholic Church (Troy)