Chapel for Europe

Mass for young professionals (En)
2025-02-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-16 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-02 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Brussels)
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

Ignatian Prayer Group
2025-02-21 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-02-14 18:45 - 20:00, 2025-02-07 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.

Morning Prayer (fr)
2025-02-21 08:30 - 09:00, 2025-02-17 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-02-14 08:30 - 09:00, 2025-02-10 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-02-07 08:30 - 09:00, 2025-02-03 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

EU Prayer Groups Gathering
2025-02-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
Do you work for the EU?
Would you like to pray for the new Commission and Parliament, and the various policy challenges we face?
Would you like to meet other Christians working in the EU institutions?

Join us on Thursday 20 February at the Chapel for Europe! Rue Van Maerlant, 22-24, 1040 Etterbeek.
Doors open 18:30 for a 19:00 start.
There will be sung worship, a short talk, and time to pray, followed by a simple reception.
All welcome. Please invite your colleagues!

Messe (fr.)
2025-02-19 13:15 - 13:50, 2025-02-18 13:15 - 13:50, 2025-02-12 13:15 - 13:50, 2025-02-11 13:15 - 13:50, 2025-02-05 13:15 - 13:50, 2025-02-04 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!

Morning prayer online (fr)
2025-02-19 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-02-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-02-05 08:00 - 09:00 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium

Painting with light
2025-02-17 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

Adoration
2025-02-17 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-10 12:00 - 14:00, 2025-02-03 12:00 - 14:00
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…

HOW TO DISAGREE WELL - Scriptural Reasoning, a Dialogue Between Faiths
2025-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Chapel for Europe, Rue Van Maerlantstraat 22-24, Brussels, Belgium
A series of three conferences on the difficult journey of HOPE and how to transform conflict.
In English.
This series aims to facilitate a deep encounter between faith and some leaders involved in the public and political sphere.
From the heart of Europe, we want to contribute to a more sustainable peace in today’s polarized society, not through seeking shallow common ground, but through better understanding our differences – learning to disagree well.
Following the “Rose way” we invite you to navigate change and transform conflict so together we can re-imagine peace.
This is a joint project of Rose Castle Foundation and the Chapel for Europe.
♦2nd Conference – Tuesday 11.02.2025 – 19:00
HOW TO DISAGREE WELL – SCRIPTURAL REASONING, A DIALOGUE BETWEEN FAITHS
Inspired by the World Interfaith Harmony Week, we want to introduce this fresh approach to modern day inter-faith dialogue, which puts scripture at the heart of the conversation. Unlike some forms of inter-faith engagement, it is not about seeking agreement but rather sharing our very different scriptural texts to address a shared contemporary challenge or issue. The aim is to discover a better quality of disagreement, so we can collaborate for God’s sake as we seek repair of a broken world.
Guests for a living practice:
– Rose Castle Foundation – Moderation by Canon Sarah Snyder
– Prof. Stephan Goltzberg – Profesor and researcher at ULB on comparative legal reasoning, law and religion.
– Prof. Nick Adams – Professor of Philosophical Theology – University of Birmingham – (UK)
– Prof Dr Lejla Demiri – Chair of Islamic Doctrine at the Center for Islamic Theology, University of Tubingen (Germany).
♦3rd Conference – Tuesday 13.05.2024 – 19:00
HOW TO DISAGREE WELL –TOOLS TO HELP US NAVIGATE THROUGH CHANGE, CHAOS AND CONFLICT
We are facing heightened change and conflict across Europe once again, with communities facing destructive division/polarization. How can we be wiser leaders across these societal divides, without compromising on what we believe? Rose Castle Foundation works with outstanding young leaders, equipping them as “reconcilers” across some of the world’s deepest divides. Together they share their insights from collaborating across substantial differences in political and social contexts.
– Rose Castle Foundation – Moderation by Canon Sarah Snyder
– M. Ahmed Haykel Gaafar – director of REspect!, a reporting portal countering hate speech in Germany
– M. David Hazan – serves as a Hazan at the Norrice Lea Synagogue in London and training at the Rabbinic Academy.
– M. Jean-Louis Hanff – Member of the Christian Democrat party in Belgium “Les Engages” and member of the Belgian CVX – Christian life Community
The 1st Conference was held on Tuesday 21.01.2025 – 19:00: HOW TO DISAGREE WELL – CHRISTIAN RECONCILIATION
You can watch the live-stream. Here is the link.
During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity we aimed to discuss Rose Castle’s project “Christian Wisdom of Reconciliation” based on the 12 Habits of reconciliation for fostering Ecumenical Dialogue.
Reconciliation seeks healing of what is broken. It recognizes all is not well, and repair is needed.
The 12 Habits are practical characteristics emerging from decades observing “reconcilers” on the front lines of violent conflict. They are rooted within the Christian faith, whilst also accessible to anyone seeking to be a reconciling presence within their context. Click here to find out more.
Guests on “How they understand Christian Unity in practice – John 17″
– Rose Castle Foundation – Moderation by Canon Sarah Snyder
– Rev. Dr. Sorin Șelaru – Representing the Orthodox Churches to the EU
– Fr Manuel Barrios Prieto – General Secretary of COMECE
– Rev. Frank Dieter Fischbach – General Secretary of CEC

Windows to Heaven - Icons in the Orthodox Church
2025-02-06 19:00 - 20:30
Icons have a very important role in the spirituality and liturgy of the orthodox churches. These images of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary or Saints help the viewer to get in touch with God. They are called “Windows to heaven”.
Archpriest Paweł Cecha, Rector of the Polish Orthodox parish in Bruxelles will give us an introduction into the Orthodox understanding of icons, the theology and spirituality behind them and their liturgical use.
The Chapel offers also a course on writing icons. More information here.
