The Franciscan Spirituality Center will host its annual Justice and Peace Stations of the Cross from 10 a.m. to noon Good Friday through downtown La Crosse.

The 2-mile trek is a silent prayer walk starting at the St. Rose Convent sign at Ninth and Market streets and making 10 stops as it winds through downtown to Riverside Park.

The formal Stations of the Cross, which have 14 stops, commemorate Jesus journey as he carried his cross to Calvary.

Participants stop to pray and sing at places that represent suffering, such as violence, poverty, inadequate health care and incarceration, in the community and the world, with the final stop at the Mississippi River representing resurrection and new life.

The stops, the corresponding steps in Jesus passion and the current issues for meditation they represent:

Organizers note that participants will have to walk back to the stations starting point or arrange for a ride back from Riverside Park.

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Social Justice Stations link present-day problems to Jesus' suffering