Ignatian Prayer Group
2025-03-28 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-04-04 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-04-11 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-04-18 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-04-25 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-05-02 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-05-09 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-05-16 18:45 - 20:00 (Europe/Brussels) and 14 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.

Painting with light
2025-03-31 18:30 - 21:00, 2025-04-07 18:30 - 21:00, 2025-04-14 18:30 - 21:00, 2025-04-28 18:30 - 21:00
ICONS WRITING WORKSHOP
CALENDAR AND FEES
Classes will be held once a week at 18h30 till 21h on Mondays. The meeting will consist of 15 minutes of preparation, 2h of work, 15 minutes of cleaning. We start on February the 10th till April the 14th (except March 17th).
The cost of the 9 classes per 2,5hours is 230 euros paid once at the beginning of the workshop. The price of the classes includes the participation fee, one-on-one consultations, room rental fee and materials. The minimum group is 6 persons, the maximum – 12.
Work materials:
By coming to the workshop you’re getting all needed materials to make one icon: a set of 4 brushes: in different sizes made of squirrel hair plus one plastic one, a palette, a wooden board prepared with white layer of glue-chalk “levkas” and 11 pigments and tools for work in the class – sponges, spatulas, sandpaper, paper towels, wine, eggs, candles, paper, tracing paper, rubber bands and others.
REQUIREMENTS:
No experience or art education is necessary to start writing icons !   Learning begins with mastering the basics of icon-writing and is conducted at a pace that suits the participants’ abilities and needs. We work with the historical method.
During the class you will learn:
– hold the brush correctly
– precision and diligence
– making emulsion from eggs and wine and mixing tempera from pigments and emulsion,
– the basics of observation and composition, making a sketch and transferring it to the wooden board,
– painting
A few words from the presenter:
“My name is Katarzyna Martynuska and I am an art historian by education at the University of Warsaw. I acquired my painting skills at the Study of the Christian East in Warsaw and at the Christian Association of Creators of Sacred Art “Ecclesia” in Cracow.
In Warsaw, for four years, I led icon painting workshops at the “Way to Beauty” studio, with which I still cooperate. I am currently a student of the master class at the Brussels Academy of Icon Painting.  I am also a founder of “TEKLA” association – promoting women and girls in the Catholic church.  My second profession is music – I’m playing baroque music violone, now I’m also a student in Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles.”
REGISTRATION and any questions:   icons@martynuska.com
My website:
https://martynuskaicons.weebly.com/about-me.html
https://martynuskaicons.weebly.com/gallery.html

Retreat in Daily Life during Lent
2025-04-03 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-04-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
Lent is a time for reflection, prayer, and spiritual growth—an opportunity to reorient our lives and strengthen our relationship with God. The Chapel invites you to a Retreat in Daily Life that will help you deepen your spirituality and grow in the experience of God’s closeness.
This retreat is based on Ignatian spirituality and will focus on the Credo—formulated at the Council of Nicaea (325 ad), 1,700 years ago. The Credo is still the basic summary of the Christian faith in all churches today, it will guide us as we reflect on our daily lives during Lent. The retreat will include a personal daily prayer, for which instructions will be given, a prayerful review of the day and weekly sharing in the group.

Start Date: 6 March at 19:30 in the crypt
Weekly Meetings on Thursdays at 19:30 until 10 April in the crypt

To register or for more information, please contact Fr. Bernd Günther SJ at bernd.guenther@chapelforeurope.eu

Opening of the Exhibition-Laboratory: “If you leave, you take the Trinity with you”
2025-09-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
Opening of the Exhibition- Laboratory
“If you leave, you take the Trinity with you” The Council of Nicaea and the origin of Knowledge as Relation
In occasion of the celebration of 1700 years since the First Council of Nicaea.
The exhibition aims to help us decisively take a new path, as expressed in a quote attributed to Saint Gregory of Nazianzus when he was stopped at the gates of the city “If you leave, you take the Trinity with you.” Those who were leaving should carry the Trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) in their hearts and lives. The Trinity is not just a theological concept but a present reality to be experienced and incarnated into the world.
In Nicaea I, the Trinity is understood in its fascinating tension between knowledge and relationship, originated by a happening when Saint Spyridon of Tremithus, Bishop of Cyprus, performed a miracle involving a brick to demonstrate the Holy Trinity. It revealed itself to the listeners in its three elements of water, earth, and fire while remaining one. It is an eye-opener not only for the originality with which the Trinity can become creatively and concrete vividly in the world, but also for the necessity of seeing God in relationships of all kinds.
The exhibition is a kind of laboratory that, in the context of Nicaea I, not only shows how word, image, and matter are interwoven, but also how we can recognize one in the other without separating or mixing them. The goal is to practice sincerity of understanding, which, according to Guardini, means: “Knowledge is always somehow an encounter in love.”
1st part: Relationship in the word
2nd part: Relationship with the image, with the image embodied
3rd part: Relationship with the other, with this source of renewal
The exhibition will be open for visits until Thursday 16th October 2025.
Organisers and curators:
Prof. Dr. Yvonne DOHNA SCHLOBITTEN – Professor at the Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage of the Church – Pontifical Gregorian University and Prof. Dr. Lucian LECHINTAN sj – Pontifical Oriental Institute.

Alpha Course at the Chapel - September 2025
2025-09-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
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: 11 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
