Way of the Cross procession resumes

The Way of the Cross procession resumes Friday after two years in abeyance due to Covid. But the route, from Bonsecours to the Cathedral, sounds pretty short – wasn’t there a time when this event began at Notre‑Dame to wend its way northward, visiting parish churches along the way, all the way to the Back River?

I remember in the Plateau seeing a Good Friday procession visiting St‑Jean‑Baptiste church on Rachel, up the street from my old place, and my neighbour kindly explaining to me that it was because of the crucifixion of the Son of God. I, a godless Anglo, would never have heard of it.