Chapel for Europe

Ignatian Prayer Group
2025-11-14 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-11-21 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-11-28 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-12-05 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-12-12 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-12-19 18:45 - 20:00, 2026-01-09 18:45 - 20:00, 2026-01-16 18:45 - 20:00 (Europe/Brussels) and 3 more dates | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
The Ignatian Meditation Group meets every Friday in the crypt of the Chapel for Europeat 18:45 with an adoration and at 19:00 the guided meditation beginns.
Ignatian spirituality can show you the way to a joyful and meaningful life. It will give you the tools to learn to focus, in a very concrete way, on the importance of joy in the life of Christians who wants to live according to the Gospel.
For more information, please contact:
Fr. Bernd Guenther sj: bernd.guenther@chapelforeurope.eu.

Adoration
2025-11-17 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-24 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-01 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-08 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-15 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-22 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-12 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-19 12:00 - 14:00 and 2 more dates
Mondays during lunchtime (12:00 to 14.00) we invite you to the Eucharistic adoration in the crypt. In the presence of Christ, the exposed blessed Sacrament, we watch and pray and remain silent to open ourselves to His graces…

Alpha Course at the Chapel - September 2025
2025-11-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-17 19:00 - 21:00
Come and be curious. An Alpha course is a series of group conversations that freely explore the basics of the Christian faith in an open, friendly environment. Everyone’s welcome. No matter your background or beliefs, you’re invited.
Alpha brings together people from all walks of life who are curious about faith. Each session starts with some time to eat, relax, and get to know your group.
Each session covers a different topic of faith, either in a short talk or video. The Alpha episodes are designed to engage and inspire conversation. They’re about thirty minutes long and explore the big issues around faith and unpack the basics of Christianity, addressing questions such as Who is Jesus?, How can we have faith? And how does God guide us?
The last part of an Alpha course is a chance to share your thoughts on the session’s topic and discuss it in your small group. It’s an open and welcoming environment, no matter what your opinion. There’s no pressure to say anything, but the floor is yours if you do want to.
Here you find an introduction video.
Dates: 12 Wednesdays from 19:00 to 20:30, starting on Wednesday, 24 September, and once on a Saturday, date to be confirmed.
Registration required. Limited places.
For further information or questions, please contact Fr. Bernd Guenther at: bernd.guenther@chapelforeurope.eu

Contemplative Prayer Group
2026-01-18 17:00 - 18:30, 2026-02-08 17:00 - 18:30 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
Contemplative prayer group inspired by the teachings of Franz Jalics SJ.
When? The contemplative meditation group will meet in the crypt from 5:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. once a month on Sundays.
Mark the following dates for the 1st semester of 2026: January 18, February 8, and March 15.
Open to everyone willing to practice Christian meditation in a community. Newcomers welcome!
How would we organize the time?
– 17:00 – 17:20 – Chi kung (contemplative movement)
– 17:30 – 17:50 – Sitting meditation
– 17:50 – 18:05 – Walking meditation
– 18:05 – 18:25 – Sitting meditation
– 18:30 – 18:45 – time to put things in order, in silence.
Those who wish can stay for the Mass at 19:00. We will keep the silence until the Mass.
Welcome!
More information in English on Franz Jalics sj
More information in French on Franz Jalics sj

Whispers of the Soul: Meditative Music Across Spiritual Traditions
2026-02-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
Paweł Szamburski takes up liturgical themes from the great religions of the Mediterranean basin and revitalizes the clarinet with the fruits of those sacred traditions.

In his playing and work with the instrument, he uses references, melodic motifs, as well as the expression and ornamentation of Orthodox choirs, Sufi and Jewish music, as well as Baha’i and Gregorian chant.

The clarinet allowed Szamburski to find an arresting interpretation of the melodies and the songs of various traditions and cultures. Aware of their inherent differences, the artist still set out to explore their deeply rooted similarities and the profound musical and spiritual coherence.
https://szamburski.bandcamp.com/album/ceratitis-capitata

Inesperada Luz / Lumière inattendue - Prayerful and dancing reading
2026-02-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
The collection of poems Inesperada luz / Lumière inattendue was published in a bilingual Spanish-French edition in June 2025 by Monte Carmelo Publishing.
The poet and Benedictine monk Gilles Baudry writes in the preface: “We enter the pages of these prayerful poems via a path of impoverishment, a hollow path that leads to deeper understanding. When the poem plays on the scales of prayer, the poet’s words can be combined with those of the Word made flesh… A Word is his homeland and is its amazed servant. Through this humble craftsmanship of words, a coincidence is established between the sacredness of poetry and the mystery of God.”
The prayerful reading in Spanish and French by the author Mari Sol Pérez Guevara and the professor of declamation Bernard Locoge will be accompanied by the Pélerins danseurs.
The Pélerins danseurs (Marie Annet, Florence Hubert and
Flora Demaegdt) express their prayer with their whole bodies in movement, allowing the One who is Life to unfold in their dancing limbs.
A true art of gesture and dance in the service of Faith, revolutionising the vision of the Incarnation in the Church, this pedagogy, conceived in twelve paths, offers a journey inviting each person to let themselves be inhabited by the Living One. https://www.lespelerinsdanseurs.eu/
Book signing and drinks reception at the end.
The books will be sold for the benefit of the Chapel for Europe.
