Cathedral welcomes Via Dolorosa exhibition

DON’T miss the chance to experience the unique ‘Via Dolorosa’ exhibition at Christ Church Cathedral until Easter.
This multi-media interpretation of the Stations of the Cross by artists of different faiths accompanies an exhibition showing simultaneously in the Ashmolean Museum called ‘Pilgrimage – the sacred Journey’ which explores the role of pilgrimage in Islam, Christianity and the religions of India.

Via Dolorosa originated at St Mary’s Church in Slough, with an idea that the small ‘station’ plaques around the walls of some churches, where people stop to pray, might also take the form of a series of video monitors.
Artists of different faiths were invited to respond to the stages along Jesus’ path to the cross, and to create a video interpretation.

Visitors to the Cathedral are invited to move from monitor to monitor, watching the videos and spending time in reflection and prayer.

The Cathedral will make use of the monitors for its Lent course entitled ‘The Heart in Pilgrimage’ in the Priory room on Thursday evenings at 7pm, starting on 2 March. The first three speakers will be Dom Henry Wansbrough OSB, Rabbi Jonathon Gorsky of the Council of Christians and Jews, and Monawar Hussain, the Muslim  tutor at Eton College. All are welcome and, for those who wish, each evening will conclude with three of the Via Dolorosa stations.

If you live in the diocese you can obtain free entry to the Cathedral with a special card available from your local church.