Free Printable 'Stations of the Cross' Lenten Coloring Pages and Devotional Booklet

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday of the Catholic liturgical calendar and continues for 40 days up to Easter. We try to imitate Jesus with prayer, fasting and alms-giving. Here are free printable Stations of the Cross coloring pages to guide lent devotions. Each year during Lent when our family was homeschooling, we drew images, one for each of the Station of the Cross, to use as a guide for prayer and devotion. We hung them at different places in our home or yard. The children would begin each Friday in Lent by following the Stations of the Cross. The older children drew images for the each of the Stations of the Cross, but for younger children I used the Fr. Lovasik coloring book. Here is are several sets of free printable Stations of the Cross. Print a booklet for CCD and religious education classes, Catholic school, homeschooling and family devotions.

Catholic Mom (click here) offers a free printable Stations of the Cross devotional coloring booklet and prayer devotional guide. This is a fifteen page booklet covering each of the 14 Stations of the Cross. The liturgical prayer used at Stations of the Cross prayer gatherings is printed on the front cover and is repeated at each station.

SILK (click here) has free printable coloring pages for several of the Stations of the Cross. Children may color all the pages in the book at once, or you may use the Stations of the Cross as a countdown to Easter coloring activity. After praying the Stations of the Cross, children might color one page each day.

Web Archive (click here) has free printable Victorian images of the fourteen Stations of the Cross. These images are quite small, but could be printed for a flip book or enlarged and printed as quarter or half page coloring pages. I love the neo-classical black and white artwork that looks like woodcut.

Extend the Stations of the Cross devotional activity by assigning children to compose an additional prayer or response for each of the Stations of the Cross for reading and writing practice. For preschool through first grade, children might write one word to represent each station. For grades 1-2 students might compose a one sentence prayer. For grades 3-5 assign a one or two paragraph prayer (or a type 1 writing for schools who use this model). Adjust the length of the prayer to suit the needs and abilities of the child. Some may wish to write their prayer as a poem, song or haiku. Remember, don't make prayer and writing activities a chore or children will attach negative feelings with worship and spirituality.

For special needs children, consider asking them to act out each of the stations of the cross. You may also help them compose a sign or body language dance in response to the each Station of the Cross. The objective of this activity is to encourage children to respond to Our Lord's passion, death and resurrection. Encourage children to respond in whatever form they feel most comfortable with. For more Lenten activities, visit me at www.catholicactivities.blogspot.com.