Stations of the Cross for Holy Week
St. Stephen’s Indian Mission near Hudson, Wyoming:
It’s a beautiful church, inside and out. History:
A Catholic mission at St. Stephens was originally established by Father John J. Jutz, a Jesuit priest, who built a four-room mission house on land selected by the Arapaho chief Black Coal in 1884. Soon additional buildings were added for a convent and a boarding school for Indian children in grades one through 8, including a three-story brick convent (1888), a boys’ dormitory (1892) and a girls’ dormitory (1894). In 1928 a fire destroyed the mission church and the boys’ dorm, but the buildings were reconstructed the same year.
A school still exists on the property, but it is how operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The painted decor of the church, according to this page, was added in 1970. I found it beautiful, particularly the Stations of the Cross.
