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Additionally, English narration is provided on individual Station pages, beginning with the Introductory Prayer.
Special thanks to Deacon Johan Engström for making this possible.
PS - We currently only offer this devotion in English. We would love to have more languages available, but are in need of volunteer translators and sign language interpreters to make this happen. Feel free to contact us if anyone is interested in contributing time and talent!
From Fr. Mark Nolette, autistic priest and Stations author:
Many Christians, over the centuries, have followed the devotion known as the Stations of the Cross. In this devotion, people can follow the story of Jesus’ suffering and death in stages or "stations", stopping to reflect at each one in order to see how their own lives parallel that of Jesus’ life, and how Jesus’ suffering and death can help other people bear their own sufferings and challenges in the Spirit of Jesus.
However, there is very little available that seeks to connect the story of Jesus’ suffering and death to the experiences of autistic people. Yes, autistic people share a common humanity with everyone else, and can profit greatly from a more "generic" Stations of the Cross devotion. Nevertheless, we believe that the story of Jesus’ Passion and Death can speak powerfully to the specific challenges faced by neurodivergent people and those who love us.
The following Stations are an attempt to address this need. I am a Catholic priest who is also autistic, and I am aware of the experiences and challenges faced by other neurodivergent people. Family members and friends of autistic people face their own challenges. I hope that there is something here for them as well.
I have used and adapted the Scriptural Stations of the Cross that Pope St. John Paul II used on Good Fridays in Rome. I chose this version, rather than the more traditional Stations, so that people can then more easily follow the story of Jesus’ suffering and death in the Gospel accounts themselves, and thus deepen their own faith in and love for Christ.
May these Stations be a means for us to encounter the deep and powerful love of God in the joys and the pains that are part and parcel of being neurodivergent.
Peace in Christ,
Fr. Mark P. Nolette
