Pakistani Catholics from Nelson at the Westminster

Night of Witness
17th May 2012
Westminster Cathedral

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 Aid to the Church in need

Guests at the Night of Witness:

• Archbishop Joseph Coutts from Pakistan

• Bishop Joannes Zakaria from Egypt

• Bishop Declan Lang of Clifton

• Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster – greeting participants on the piazza

• A priest who was shot at because of his faith

• Women who have fled violence, oppression and dscrimination in their homelands

• British Pakistani Christian Association

• Iraqi Christians in Need

• Priests and faithful from Iraq, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Lithuania

Performers on the Night of Witness:

• Catholic band ooberfuse, winners of the World Youth Day 2011 global song contest

• Eliot Smith Dance Company
 debuting new piece Persecuted and Forgotten

• Singer Helen Munt

• West End Gospel Choir

• Urdu Christian musician Hammad Baily

• Catholic poet Sarah de Nordwall

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More photos at British Pakistani Christian Association here

also check out: Night of Witness is a night to remember By John Pontifex here

Here is how Auntie Joanna describes it stunning...