Adoration
2025-12-22 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-12 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-19 12:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-26 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Brussels)
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…

Messe (fr.)
2025-12-23 13:15 - 13:50, 2026-01-07 13:15 - 13:50, 2026-01-13 13:15 - 13:50, 2026-01-14 13:15 - 13:50, 2026-01-20 13:15 - 13:50, 2026-01-21 13:15 - 13:50, 2026-01-27 13:15 - 13:50 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
At the Chapel for Europe weekly masses are celebrated on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 13:15.
The mass is celebrated according to the roman catholic liturgy including the Eucharist. Usually the celebration will be in French, on occasions also in English, depending the attendees.
The Chapel opens its doors and welcomes you from Monday to Thursday from 12:00 to 14:00 for a silent prayer, a moment of reflection or just some minutes of spiritual pause during the busy week days. Come as you are, you are always welcome!

Ecumenical Thursday Prayer
2026-01-08 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-01-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
In English / En anglais.
Welcome back to our Food for Soul: Ecumenical Thursday Prayer, followed by a simple lunch in the upper room of the Chapel.
This moment of prayer and sharing a meal amid a busy week is held on Thursdays from 13:00 to 14:00.
Join us if you work in or around the EU Institutions or other organisations in Brussels!
You are welcome to participate if you would like some time to pray, reflect, and share with others during your busy workweek also, if you are interested in spirituality from different Christian traditions.
This could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for to invite a colleague to (re)discover Jesus.
Representatives of the different Christian churches lead the Prayer.

Morning Prayer (fr)
2026-01-09 08:30 - 09:00, 2026-01-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-01-16 08:30 - 09:00, 2026-01-19 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-01-23 08:30 - 09:00, 2026-01-26 08:00 - 09:00 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
Come and discover our Morning Prayer with psalms, the Gospel of the day and intercession prayer, following mainly the prayer of the Laudes. The prayer are mostly in French, but can also be partly in English, depending on the attending persons.
30 minutes of prayer are followed by a coffee or tea together in the foyer of the Chapel. An excellent way to start the working day!
When:

Mondays, 8:00-9:00 at the Chapel
Wednesday, 8:00-9:00 via Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82240793358#success , ID: 822 4079 3358 – There is no code, there is a waiting room. For more information, please contact: ALCARAZ Fabienne at Fabienne.ALCARAZ@ec.europa.eu
Fridays, 8:30-9:00 in the Crypt of the Chapel

Contact: Fabienne Alcaraz at Fabienne.ALCARAZ@ec.europa.eu

Ignatian Prayer Group
2026-01-09 18:45 - 20:00, 2026-01-16 18:45 - 20:00, 2026-01-23 18:45 - 20:00 | 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.

Mass for young professionals (En)
2026-01-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-01-18 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-01-25 19:00 - 20:00
We invite everybody, especially the young professionals from the European and International milieu, to come together to celebrate every Sunday with this (Catholic) mass, singing Taizé songs, sharing the Gospel, and praying together.
The service is usually in English. After the mass, we have a traditional drink and chat.
Contact: welcome@chapelforeurope.eu

Morning prayer online (fr)
2026-01-14 08:00 - 09:00, 2026-01-21 08:00 - 09:00 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium

Round table: Ecumenical perspectives on Christian places of worship in Belgium
2026-01-20 18:30 - 20:30 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
In French
Designed to complement the photographic exhibition showcased at the Chapel for Europe, this round table brings together a theologian, a pastor, and an architect, all three invited to engage in dialogue and share their experiences and expertise in the field of space and worship. Their discussions will highlight the major current trends in the articulation of liturgical spaces and practices. They will help us to identify the specific features of these contemporary trends in relation to Christian architectural traditions.
Florence Cosse, an architect specializing in the design of ecclesiastical spaces, works in France and Belgium.
Prof. Arnaud Join-Lambert, Professor of Practical Theology and Liturgy at UCLouvain, RSCS Institute.
Rvd. John Wilkinson, Canon Pastor at Holy Trinity Brussels, specialist in the history of Christianity and liturgy.

When: Tuesday, 20 January 2026 at 18:30
Where: Chapel for Europe, Rue van Maerlant, 22-24, 1040 Etterbeek
Organisers: Prof. Ikenna Okpaleke, Professor of Ecclesiology at UCLouvain, RSCS Institute, and Matthieu Somon, holder of the Arts & Religions Research Chair, RSCS Institute.
Chaire Arts & Religions (ARRE) | Université catholique de Louvain

Opening photo exhibition: History, aesthetics and communities
2026-01-20 19:30 - 20:30 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
Opening photo exhibition: History, aesthetics and communities. An exploration of Christian places of worship in Belgium.
What is a Christian place of worship in Belgium? This exhibition seeks to answer this seemingly simple question. Taking a historical and ecumenical perspective, and examining photographs (reproductions of Belgian churches, monasteries and abbeys) and pieces of liturgical furniture, the exhibition explores the diversity of Christian worship through the spaces that host it. Although Belgium is a country (formerly part of the Netherlands) where religious iconography became confessional at an early stage and was used as a weapon of identity during the Protestant reforms, it has also been the heart of institutional Europe since the mid-20th century, making it a cosmopolitan observatory that is particularly representative of the diversity of Christianity and its churches since the early modern period.
In the light of Belgian history, the exhibition questions and analyses the involvement of architectural aesthetics and communities in the definition and fulfillment of Christian worship, from the turmoil of the Reformation (which led to new relationships with space and images of worship among Christians) to the present day, where the aesthetic importance of the place of worship as a building may be diminished or even erased in favour of the community of believers, which then simultaneously forms the Church and the church, and willingly brings together different denominations for a shared celebration, sometimes in the open air.
The exhibition will open as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, from 18 to 25 January 2026. It will be complemented by a round table discussion on 20 January at the Chapel for Europe, bringing together a theologian, an architect and a historian of Christian liturgy. Their discussions will help to identify the major current trends in architecture for Christian worship.
When: Tuesday 20 January 2026 at 19:30
Where: Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlant, 22-24, 1040 Etterbeek
Curators: Ikenna Okpaleke (UCLouvain, RSCS Institute)
Matthieu Somon (UCLouvain, RSCS Institute)
Chair of Arts & Religions (ARRE) | Catholic University of Louvain
