Living with Uncertainty
North European Cathedral Conference
In Lund, February 6-9, 2024
Tuesday, February 6th:
13:30-16:30 REGISTRATION in Cathedral Forum
Mapps - music walk in Lund by Fabio Monni. Discover the city through four different soundscapes. More info and QR-codes in separate folder.
14:00, 14:30, 15:00, 15:30 GUIDED TOURS in Lund Cathedral
16:30 PREPARATIONS FOR THE OPENING LITURGY IN THE CRYPT Lund Cathedral All participants are invited to gather dressed in liturgical vestments.
17:00 LITURGY AND WELCOME in Lund Cathedral
19:00 DINNER at Cathedral Forum
21:00 CONCERT in Lund Cathedral
At the Gate, The jubilee oratorio.
Seats reserved for the conference.
Wednesday, February 7th:
08:00 MORNING EUCHARIST in Lund Cathedral
Music from Missale Lundense.
09:00 INTRODUCTION at Kulturen museum
About Kulturen.
Gustav Olsson, Museum Director
09:15 FILM PREMIERE at Kulturen museum
Life in and around the Cathedral.
09:30 INTRODUCTION Kulturen museum
The theme of the conference - Living with Uncertainty.
Lena Sjöstrand, Canon Precentor, Lund Cathedral
09:45 COFFEE BREAK Kulturen museum
10:15 LECTURES Kulturen museum
Voices about Living with uncertainty.
Christine Wamsler, Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University
Centre for Sustainability Studies
Josefine de Gregorio, Literary Scholar and Author
11:45 THE ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK in Lund Cathedral
Melissa Isla Venegas, Guide
12:00 MIDDAY PRAYER Lund Cathedral
12:30 LUNCH at Tegnérs matsalar
13:45 WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION at Kulturen museum
14:00 WORKSHOP
◆ Planning for an uncertain future. Lund Cathedral
The Cathedral as a city developer, project on Råängen.
Members from the working group of Råängen.
Mats Persson, Cathedral Treasurer
Åsa Bjerndell, Architect SAR/MSA and Partner at White Arkitekter AB
Lena Sjöstrand, Canon Precentor, Lund Cathedral
◆ The Cathedral, a treasure chest for learning and hope. Lund Cathedral
The educational team of the Cathedral.
Josefin Gustafsson Andersson, Canon
Maria Johnsson, Parish Educator
Melissa Isla Venegas, Guide
Jonas Persson, Canon
◆ Composing music for the jubilee: The interactive process of
making “At the gate”. Mikaelsalen
Robert Bennesh, Cathedral Organist
Stefan Klaverdal, Composer
Åsa Maria Kraft, Poet
◆ Being a pilgrim, walking for hope and sustainability. Liberiet
The workshop starts with a walk in the Labyrinth.
Magnus Malmgren, Pilgrim’s Chaplain
◆ Blessings and burdens. Cathedral Forum
Cathedral perspective on diaconal work in uncertain times.
Sandra Lindqvist, Deacon
Anna Chuprina, Community Manager Ukrainians in Lund
Alejandra Toquero, Project Leader, Agape, S:t Thomas
15:00 COFFEE BREAK at Kulturen museum
15:15 WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION Kulturen museum
15:30 WORKSHOP
◆ Planning for an uncertain future. Lund Cathedral
The Cathedral as a city developer, project on Råängen.
Members from the working group of Råängen.
Mats Persson, Cathedral Treasurer
Åsa Bjerndell, Architect SAR/MSA and Partner at White Arkitekter AB
Lena Sjöstrand, Canon Precentor, Lund Cathedral
◆ The Cathedral, a treasure chest for learning and hope. Lund Cathedral
The educational team of the Cathedral.
Josefin Gustafsson Andersson, Canon
Maria Johnsson, Parish Educator
Melissa Isla Venegas, Guide
Jonas Persson, Canon
◆ Composing music for the jubilee: The interactive process of
making “At the gate”. Mikaelsalen
Robert Bennesh, Organist
Stefan Klaverdal, Composer
Åsa Maria Kraft, Poet
◆ Being a pilgrim, walking for hope and sustainability. Liberiet
The workshop starts with a walk in the Labyrinth.
Magnus Malmgren, Pilgrim’s Chaplain
◆ Blessings and burdens Cathedral Forum
Cathedral perspective on diaconal work in uncertain times.
Sandra Lindqvist, Deacon
Anna Chuprina, Community Manager Ukrainians in Lund
Alejandra Toquero, Project Leader, Agape, S:t Thomas
19:00 DINNER WITH CULTURE PROGRAM at Grand Hotel
Kristoffer Leandoer, Author and Literary critic, speaks about his recent book:
Den oavslutade litteraturen: en essä om allt som inte blev klart (The Unfinished
Literature), published by Natur & Kultur, 2023.
Those who wish to walk to the restaurant together, please meet outside
Domkyrkoforum, at the entrance facing the Cathedral, at 18:40
Thursday, February 8th:
08:00 LAUDS in Lund Cathedral
08:50 SHORT INTRODUCTION at Kulturen museum
09:00 LECTURES Kulturen museum
The history of Lund cathedral deciphered through political conflict.
Thomas Bergqvist Rydén, PhD in Art History, specialised in medieval
art and iconography, saints and their relics in the Middle Ages: lifelines in a precarious existence.Lena Liepe, Professor of Art History and Visual Culture at Linnaeus University
10:20 COFFEE BREAK Kulturen museum
10:45 LECTURE Kulturen museum
The meaning of history in the theology of the Cathedral. Peter Doll, Canon Librarian and Vice Dean, Norwich
11:30 REFLECTIONS ON THE MORNING LECTURES Kulturen museum
12:00 NOONTIME RECITAL Lund Cathedral
Organ music composed by Judith Bingham and Staffan Storm for the jubilee.
12:30 LUNCH Tegnérs matsalar
13:45 WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION Kulturen museum
14:00 WORKSHOP
◆ Organ music inspired by sacred spaces. A reflection on the pieces by Judith
Bingham and Staffan Storm performed in the noontime recital. Mikaelsalen
Robert Bennesh, Cathedral Organist
◆ Walking to holy places in Lund, to remains and memories of churches who
used to be here before reformation. Liberiet
Anna Alebo Swedenborg, Chaplain at Killans bönegård
◆ Contemporary art meeting history, architecture and (liturgical) practice in
the Cathedral. Lund Cathedral
Ingvild Hovland Kaldal, Artist
Gertrud Sandqvist, Professor of Art Theory
Lena Sjöstrand, Canon Precentor, Lund Cathedral
◆ The Cathedral as community church and folk church, in uncertain times.
Cathedral Forum
Niclas Blåder, Dean in Lund
◆ A resource in times of incertitude, explore the relation between Cathedral and
University from the perspective of the student chaplaincy. Cathedral Forum
Jan Kjellström, Student Chaplain
Stellan Ponnert, Student Chaplain
Josefin Gustafsson Andersson, Student Chaplain
15:00 COFFEE BREAK Kulturen museum
15:15 WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION Kulturen museum
15:30 WORKSHOP
◆ Organ music inspired by sacred spaces. A reflection on the pieces by Judith
Bingham and Staffan Storm performed in the noontime recital. Mikaelsalen.
Robert Bennesh, Cathedral Organist
◆ Walking to holy places in Lund, to remains and memories of churches who
used to be here before reformation. Liberiet. Anna Alebo Swedenborg, Chaplain at Killans bönegård
◆ Contemporary art meeting history, architecture and (liturgical) practice in
the Cathedral. Lund Cathedral
Ingvild Hovland Kaldal, Artist
Gertrud Sandqvist, Professor of Art Theory
Lena Sjöstrand, Canon Precentor, Lund Cathedral
◆ The Cathedral as community church and folk church, in uncertain times.
Cathedral Forum
Niclas Blåder, Dean in Lund
◆ A resource in times of incertitude, explore the relation between Cathedral and
University from the perspective of the student chaplaincy. Cathedral Forum
Jan Kjellström, Student Chaplain
Stellan Ponnert, Student Chaplain
Josefin Gustafsson Andersson, Student Chaplain
17:00 ECUMENICAL VESPER Lund Cathedral
Together with S:t Thomas Roman-Catholic congegation.
18:00 FROM CONFLICT TO COMMUNION Lund Cathedral
What has happened in Lund after the ecumenical meeting 2016 when
Pope Franciscus and representatives from the Lutheran world federation
celebrated in the Cathedral?
Anders Cardinal Arborelius OCD, Roman-Catholic Bishop of Stockholm
Father Anders Piltz, OP.
Johan Tyrberg, Bishop of Lund Diocese
Lena Sjöstrand, Canon Precentor, Lund Cathedral
19:30 GALA DINNER Hypoteket
Singers from Lund Cathedral’s boys choir
Those who wish to walk to the restaurant together please meet outside
Domkyrkoforum, the entrance towards the Cathedral, at 19:15
Friday, February 9th:
08:00 MORNING EUCHARIST Lund Cathedral
Johan Tyrberg, Bishop of Lund Diocese
08:50 INTRODUCTION Cathedral Forum
09:00 LECTURE Cathedral Forum
A Cathedral Experience that makes us human
Bengt Kristensson Uggla, Theologian, Philosopher, and Professor
at Åbo Academy
09:45 COFFEE BREAK Cathedral Forum
Reflections in small groups.
10:00 SHARING OF REFLECTIONS IN PLENUM Cathedral Forum
11:00 EVALUATION Cathedral Forum
What have we learned, and what do we bring with us?
11:15 PLANNING FOR NEXT CONFERENCE Cathedral Forum
Choosing the new steering committee.
Lars Åstrand, President of the Steering Committee for NECC
12:00 LIGHT LUNCH Cathedral Forum
12:30 LITURGY IN THE CRYPT Lund Cathedral