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,
Via Dolorosa performance of some other activity. In the (then) famous late-15th-century depiction of the "Seven Falls", by Adam Krafft, there is only one of the "Falls" that is actually on the subject of Jesus stumbling under the weight of the cross, the remaining "Falls" being either encounters with people on the journey, the crucifixion itself, or the removal of the dead body from the cross. The first fall is represented by the current third station, located at the west end of the eastern fraction of the Via Dolorosa, adjacent to the 19th-century "Polish Catholic Chapel"; this chapel was constructed by the