Stations of the Cross is (the use of) the "New Way of the Cross" being recited exclusively in the Philippines and by Filipinos abroad. The Stations of the Resurrection (also known by the Latin name of "Via Lucis," Way of Light) are used in some churches at Eastertide to meditate on the Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ. Franz Liszt wrote a "Via crucis" for choir, soloists and piano or organ or harmonium in 1879. In 1931, French organist Marcel Dupré improvised and transcribed musical meditations based on fourteen poems by Paul Claudel, one for each station. Peter Maxwell Davies's "Vesalii Icones" (1969), for
Illustrious Brotherhood of the Holy Cross of the Redeemer and the Immaculate Conception, his Mother (Salamanca) the Roman Catholic Church and the "Estatutos" o constitutions of the own brotherhood. The brotherhood is known as the "Vera Cruz" or "True Cross" because the institution owns a relic consisting in physical remnants which, by a Christian tradition, are believed to be from the cross upon which Jesus was crucified. The most popular activities of the "Vera Cruz" are the Holy Week processions. The "Vera Cruz" is the oldest brotherhood in Salamanca so are some of its processions. The "Vera Cruz" celebrates four processions during Holy Week and another one during the celebrations of the Corpus Christi feast. The