Kapelkrant

Reflection · Begijnhofkapel · June 2019

Little Cottas and Little Surplices

On Ascension Day, 19 May 1955, I made my First Holy Communion. From my Protestant grandfather and grandmother (Dutch Reformed) on my father's side I received, as they called it, a little prayer book and a rosary.…

Fons Kaan, misdienaar

Report · Begijnhofkapel · June 2019

Commemoration of Father Frans van der Lugt

It is five years ago that in Homs, on 7 April, Father Frans van der Lugt was murdered. He was killed by two bullets. At that moment he was still living, as one of the few, in this besieged city in Syria. He was buried…

Erica Eitjes

Reflection · Begijnhofkapel · June 2019

Whit Monday: Mary, Mother of the Church

In 2018 the Vatican announced that Whit Monday is henceforth dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. It is an obligatory memorial. In places where Whit Monday has always been celebrated, such as in…

José Huijberts · Tweede Pinksterdag

Reflection · Begijnhofkapel · June 2019

Search for Mary

Mary, the mother of Jesus, has a tremendous attraction for countless people, through the years, at home and abroad. Where does that come from? While writing this contribution for the Kapelkrant, my thoughts go back to…

Nico Koomen

Report · Begijnhofkapel · June 2019

Stations of the Cross by Albert Servaes

Also this year, on Good Friday, the Stations of the Cross were projected onto a screen in the chapel. This year it was the Stations of the Cross by Albert Servaes from 1919. Albert Servaes (1883 – 1966) was a painter…

Goede Vrijdag

Reflection · Begijnhofkapel · June 2019

Ontreddering en hoe verder?

Ik schrijf dit stuk op Eerste Paasdag. Afgelopen week, maandag 15 april, was voor de Parijzenaars en vele, vele anderen een verschrikking vanwege de hevige brand in de Notre Dame. Ontzetting was op de gezichten te lezen…

Nico Koomen · Eerste Paasdag · Only in dutch

Report · Begijnhofkapel · June 2019

Gregory of Narek (Grigor Narekatsi)

Tuesday evening, 16 April, was a special evening in the Begijnhof Chapel. The Dutch translation of the Book of Lamentations was presented. A book with fifteen prayer texts by the tenth-century Armenian monk and…

Report · Begijnhofkapel · June 2019

Sunday 17 March Silent Procession with KBO members

On Sunday 17 March last, the annual edition of the Silent Procession for the KBO members (Catholic Association of the Elderly) took place once again. The weather forecast was not very good, but nevertheless about forty…

Wil Groen