
A VIGIL LITURGY FOR THE WORLDWIDE ABOLITION
OF THE DEATH PENALTY
This liturgy from Iona Abbey comes from the book 'Holy Ground: Liturgies and Worship Resources for an Engaged Spirituality', Helen Boothroyd and Neil Paynter, Wlld Goose Publications, 2005. The liturgy could be adapted for worship on Good Friday. For up-to-date facts, stories and campaigning information on the death penalty see:
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=78
Vigil Liturgy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty:
www.iona.org.uk/media/good_friday_liturgy.pdf (103 kb)