04.04.2026
Archbishops of Dublin Lead Good Friday Walk of Witness
The Church of Ireland and Catholic Archbishops of Dublin led a large crowd through the city centre streets yesterday evening (April 3) for the annual Good Friday Ecumenical Way of the Cross.
The Walk of Witness began in St Mary’s Cathedral on Marlborough Street and proceeded via O’Connell Street and Dame Street to Christ Church Cathedral where it concluded in prayer led by Archbishop Michael Jackson and Archbishop Dermot Farrell.
The walk has become a Dublin Good Friday tradition as participants step out in faith into the busy secular world. In somewhat unexpected sunshine, the procession drew much attention from the crowds of city dwellers and visitors who were either concluding their day’s work and shopping or beginning a night out.
Sending the pilgrims out of St Mary’s Cathedral, Archbishop Farrell encouraged them to fix their gaze on the passion of Jesus, feel his presence among them and walk in silence in the presence of God through the streets of the capital. He also urged them to recognise the presence of Christ, not just on Good Friday, but every day.
In Christ Church Cathedral, reflecting on the day through the lens of St John 19: 30 ‘it is finished’, Archbishop Jackson said the phrase summed up the totality of Good Friday.
“In the context of Christian Salvation History which, even at this most tragic moment in its narrative, nestles in the hand of God, it signifies the completion of the intentional mission and public ministry of Jesus; the fulfilment of the prophecies which fuel this mission and self–understanding together with his sufficient and efficacious atonement for human sins. In this way, it has all the ingredients for allowing a new world to open up in the immediate aftermath of the earthly and deathly life of Jesus Christ the Son of God. Mission, fulfilment and atonement come together on a day we call Good Friday,” he said.
Archbishop Jackson will preach and preside at the Festal Eucharist for Easter Day in Christ Church Cathedral at 11am tomorrow.
