Partnership with Biobe

The plastics company Biobe, based in Lisleby, Fredrikstad, has been assisting the Hope Cathedral with their expertise in testing and test casting the collected marine plastic that will form the roof of the cathedral. This spring the work of processing the plastic will start in earnest. Jon Hermansen of Biobe and Mikael Nordeng of Re-turn find this an exciting project that sits well with their owners’ interests in achieving a circular economy.

A meeting with Ambassador Nicholas Holtam in Salisbury

In February the Hope Cathedra visited Salisbury in England and was accompanied throughout the week by Bishop Nicholas Holtam. Holtam is the official spokesperson on the environment and climate for the Anglican Church. The week included a visit to Hilfield Friary, a permaculture farm run by a collective inspired by Francis of Assisi. Here we were able to exchange thoughts and ideas with the priest Jonathan Herbert and the Franciscan monk Clark Berge. We also visited a school to see how they are working in relation to the creation. It was exciting to see how the the Church of England uses Lent  to inspire people to a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. 

Photo: The Church of England has made a simple educational programme for both children and adults, focusing on the environment and climate in the 40 days of Lent.

Photo: From Hilfield Friary with Brother Clarke Berge, Solveig Egeland, Gardner Tony and Bishop Nicholas Holtam.

Photo: Five-year-olds from Winterslow Primary School busy making rockets from used bottles and cans.

Photo: Salisbury Cathedral is majestically beautiful. It took 38 years to build and its 800-year jubilee is being celebrated this year.  A total of 600 volunteers are involved in running it, in addition many employees.

The Hope Cathedral offers language internship

This spring we are offering internships for two students from Fredrikstad Internation School. Adham Zitou and Moustafa Dachou are both from Syria and are delighted to be in the carpentry workshop participating as mentors in our weekly school workshops.

What hinders and promotes multilateral collaboration?

This is the question posed by master students at the Institute of Sociology and Social Geography at University of Oslo as they follow the Hope Cathedral project this spring. Their work will result in a report that will highlight the factors that contribute to good collaboration in a major sustainability project like ours, and what doesn’t. The students Anna, Signe and Oksana are conducting a series of interviews with people associated with the project in one way or another.

Peace concert with Solfrid Molland at the Methodist Church

There’s lots to look forward to in 2020. One of the highlights of the spring is a peace concert at Fredrikstad Methodist Church on Wednesday 25.3 at 7pm with Solfrid Molland and her ensemble.  The concert is in collaboration with the Peace March. The march will take place as always at 6.pm and go back and forth in Nygaards gate, ending up on this particular Wednesday at the Methodist Church in Cicignon. Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the door or through Fredrikstad Cinema. Solfrid Molland is an ambassador of the Hope Cathedral. 

Hope in a dress - spring 2020

Repeating the success this last autumn, we invite you to a new dress party in the Aula (auditorium) on Saturday 9.5. Do you have a dress you’d like to donate to the Hope Cathedral? We collect and sell/auction dresses with the proceeds going to the project. We would also like to know what the project means to you. You can us this by attaching a note to the dress you would like to donate. Dresses can be handed in to all libraries in the district up until the Dress Day itself. Questions? Contact Anne at 95912552 / anne@hopecaedral.no  Maybe you’ll find something nice for the Norwegian National Day?

Prayer for the ocean and hope

This year we will continue to gather in prayer for the ocean and for hope, every last Sunday in the month at 5.00-5.30 pm at our construction site at Isegran.

The Hope Cathedral is an inter-faith and sustainable art project based in Fredrikstad. We are building a 120 m2 barge of wood which will support the Hope Cathedral. The framework is inspired by stave churches, while the 300 m2 roof will be built as an innovative project using plastic from the ocean. The cathedral will be a symbol of hope built through cooperation. The project is under the leadership of Borg Diocese. Both the process and the finished cathedral is open to all. 

Great thanks to Richard Burgess who has been so kind to translate the February Newsletter.

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