Annual procession of Witness for Good Friday

Crowds of people from across London will throng to Victoria Street on 2nd April to join together and show the real meaning of Good Friday by taking part in a traditional procession on the streets of London with meditations by Church leaders.

The ecumenical gathering from Westminster Cathedral (Roman Catholic), Westminster Abbey (Anglican), and Westminster Central Hall (Methodist) will be led in procession by Andrew Terrill (age 29) carrying a seven-foot wooden cross, dressed simply in white robes and sandals.

The procession begins outside Westminster Central Hall at 11.45 moving to Westminster Cathedral before returning to the Abbey for the final readings, hymn and prayers.

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11.45 - People gather. Lord Mayor of Westminster greeting followed by reading, meditation, prayer and hymn

Noon - Procession led by the Cross sets off along Victoria Street in silence

12.35 - Outside the Cathedral, readings, prayer and hymn.

13.10 approx - The procession returns to the North Green outside Westminster Abbey. Final reading, meditation, prayer and hymn.

For further information contact Gwen Shaw (Press Assistant) on [+44] (0)171 976-0983.

Background information

Andrew Terrill - Comes from Pinner in Middlesex where he attends St Luke's Roman Catholic Church. He is an illustrator, writer and photographer, and enjoys spending time in the mountains and wild places of the earth. He made a journey on foot from the southern tip of Italy to the top of arctic Norway, raising £25,000 for two charities for the homeless, the Passage Day and Night Shelter, and the Cardinal Hume Centre.

Participants - Meditations will be led by His Eminence Cardinal Basil Hume (Roman Catholic Cathedral), the Revd Dr Anthony Harvey (Westminster Abbey), the Revd Dr Peter Graves (Westminster Central Hall) and Margaret Hebblewaite, Assistant Editor of the Tablet.