Diocesan News01 Apr 10

Bishop of Clogher in Denmark for Holy Week

In December 2009 the Danish Church decided to sign the Porvoo Common Statement. From this emerged an invitation from the Reverend Michael Westh to the Bishop of Clogher, the Rt Revd Dr Michael Jackson, to preach in Roskilde, near Copenhagen, during Holy Week. Bishop Jackson is the first Irish bishop to be invited to participate in the worshipping life of the Church of Denmark, and will deliver a series of sermons whilst in Denmark, entitled ‘text messages for Holy Week'.

Revd Wesht is a member of the Anglo-Nordic-Baltic Theological Consultation which Bishop Jackson now chairs. It was established in 1929 and in many ways paved the way for Porvoo.

During his time in Denmark, Bishop Jackson will visit the Pastoral Seminary of the Church of Denmark in Copenhagen, meeting with the Dean and students, he will also meet with Bishop Peter Fischer-Moeller and a number of local clergy. Also in addition to his preaching schedule, he will visit the Faculty of Theology, Department of Systematic and Practical Theology, and meet with those ministering to the National Hospital.