Kapelkrant

Reflection · Begijnhofkapel · December 2024

Vows

On Saturday 12 October last I made my solemn profession in Nijmegen, and was thus incorporated into the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. In a full church I was permitted to pronounce the evangelical vows of…

Jim Schilder sss

Reflection · Begijnhofkapel · December 2024

Book: Medieval monasteries of Amsterdam

In September a beautiful book appeared about the medieval monasteries of Amsterdam. In the late Middle Ages Amsterdam counted 21 monasteries. During the Reformation, in the second half of the sixteenth century, all the…

Reflection · Begijnhofkapel · December 2024

News from Rome

At the beginning of September, Pope Francis undertook his most distant and longest journey to date: to Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Singapore. A special fact within it was the opening, carried out together with Grand Imam…

Johan Smit

Report · Begijnhofkapel · December 2024

Pilgrimage to Heiloo

It was a sun-drenched Sunday morning when we arrived at the presbytery of St. Joseph's Church to set out together for the shrine of Our Lady in Need in Heiloo. The way there was already special, as if we were being…

Glenda Williams

Reflection · Begijnhofkapel · December 2024

Catholic Church and Slavery: Suriname

In the previous Kapelkrant I wrote that I wanted to explore the Catholic Church and slavery in more depth. That is of course a very large subject, so from time to time I will do a piece on it. This time about the…

José Huijberts

Reflection · Begijnhofkapel · December 2024

Advent / Christmas 2024

Writing an article about something that has already been written about a great deal is not such a simple matter. This time I had to think of a text that is used at Christmas (Luke 2:14-15): 'Glory to God in the highest…

Pieter van Wijlick sss

Reflection · Begijnhofkapel · December 2024

When Does the Day Begin?

An old rabbi once asked his disciples: ‘How can you determine the moment when the night comes to an end and the day begins?’ ‘Is it the moment when you can distinguish a dog from a sheep from a distance?’, one asked.…

Report · Begijnhofkapel · December 2024

International meeting for peace

In Paris, from 22 to 24 September, the 36th meeting for peace was held, at which the representatives of the world religions, religious movements, cultural life and science, and of course also the numerous participants,…

Ben van Oortmerssen, deelnemer

Report · Begijnhofkapel · December 2024

Jubilee of Msgr. Van Burgsteden

On Friday 15 March 2024 it was exactly 60 years ago that Msgr. Van Burgsteden was ordained a priest. Bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Msgr. Jan Hendriks, and the bishop emeritus, Msgr. Jozef Punt, also have a jubilee to…

Report · Begijnhofkapel · December 2024

Through the Year with the Saints: Teresa Benedicta of the Cross / Edith Stein

This time, the life of a holy woman of the 20th century, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. And I think you say, 'Who?' I think her secular name is better known: Edith Stein. Born in Breslau on 12 October 1891, died in…

Erica Eitjes