Robert Morelos, center, and his wife, Carmen, right, of Holy Family Church, Marietta, sing the gathering hymn, "Whatsoever You Do," while participating in Atlanta Stations of the Cross. The annual Good Friday pilgrimage, known as the "urban stations," takes its participants to various city sites where the suffering of Jesus is remembered along with the suffering of today's poor and oppressed. (Photos by Michael Alexander)

(L-r) Twelve-year-old Mary Opata of St. Lawrence Church, Lawrenceville, 10-year-old Teresa Gagnon of St. Mark Church, Clarkesville, and Jay Francis Springs, community organizer, Catholic Social Services, listen as Rev. Alycia Brown of Zion Hill Baptist Church, Griffin, speaks on the theme of preventing teen pregnancy and prostitution. Participants prayed and sang in John Calhoun Park, at Piedmont and Auburn Avenue, site of the 8th station, "Jesus Speaks to the Women of Jerusalem."

Mary Ruth Jones and her 7-year-old daughter, Katie, listen on the grounds of Grady Hospital as Father T.J. Meehan reflects on the 7th station, "Jesus Falls a Second Time," and on HIV/AIDS patients he ministered to while a hospital chaplain.

Ginger Cashin holds the wooden cross as the "urban stations" pilgrimage proceeds down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to the Immigration and Naturalization Services building, site of the 4th station, "Jesus Meets his Mother." Cashin is a member of the Emory University Catholic community.

Rose Blanchard of St. John Vianney Church, Lithia Springs, foreground, and Natalie Keiser of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Atlanta, sing the gathering hymn, "Old Rugged Cross." The March 29 Good Friday pilgrimage was sponsored by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.