Text and images Britt-Arnhild Wigum Lindland
A few weeks ago I visited the Bridgettine Sisters, Birgittasøstrene, in Trondheim, and wrote about it here.
The sisters have been in Norway since 1998, their new monastery and church was finished in August 2009, and yesterday it was finally time for the concecration of their church.
Together with my bishop I was invited. As a Lutheran, this was my first time taking part in the concecration of a catholic church. It was all new to me, and I breathed it all in.
The architect hands over the keys to the church to bishop Bernt Eidsvåg, the catholic bishop of Oslo and Trondheim.
The concecration mass lasted for more than 2 1/2 hours. A lot of familiar elements, still most of them new to me.
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After the service there was first coffee and greetings. Then a lovely localy made dinner, and the possibility to make new international friends.
