Cross in the Woods Besides being a shrine itself, the Cross in the Woods also has many other smaller shrines on its grounds. These smaller shrines recognize influential people and important members of the Catholic faith. The Stations of the Cross represent the stages leading up to Jesus' death. They consist of 14 specific events that occurred before Jesus was crucified and later rose from the dead. These 14 events are shown through 14 pictures that represent each moment. They are a way to relive and remember what happened. At the Cross in the Woods Parish, the Stations of the Cross are located outside,
The Tomb of God documentary "The History of a Mystery" shown in September 1996, in which the authors faced difficult questions over their methods and assumptions. The theory is not taken seriously by academic scholars. The Tomb of God The Tomb of God is a 1996 speculative non-fiction book by Richard Andrews and Paul Schellenberger, which charted as a number one bestseller. It claimed that the body of Jesus Christ was reburied in the 12th century on Pech-le-Cardou (Mount Cardou) in the Rennes-le-Château region of France. They arrived at this idea through tracing map references within the parchments described in the book "Holy Blood,