Geloven in West

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Pope Leo XIV osa

A day after his election as pope, he went to the shrine of “Mary of Good Counsel” (see the image next to this that hangs in the Augustine Church) to pray there. That image stands high on our Augustinian banner! I was…

pater Paul Clement, Augustijn

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“Judge not, that you be not judged”

Yesterday, I was in a great hurry when I passed a woman who was standing in the middle of the pavement, talking at length with someone. I wanted to pass by, but I did not get a single chance to do so. Talking busily,…

Zr. Zoë

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Looking back and looking ahead

On the annual commemoration day of St. Vincent, the patron saint of our parish, this year we also pause to mark the 7th lustrum, the 35th anniversary of the current Vincentius Church. Construction of the current…

Ada Lases

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Farewell to Father Simon

As members of a religious community, we know that we are part of a broad project. For us, Salesians of Don Bosco, that is the Salesian 'province' of Flanders and the Netherlands. It will not surprise you that the number…

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Farewell to Sisters Suchita and Eustokhia

At the beginning of 2022, three 'Missionary Servants of the Holy Spirit Sisters' (SSpS) came to live in Amsterdam West. They continued part of their apostolate in Amsterdam East, but also wished to commit themselves in…

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Looking Back at the Corpus Christi Procession of 22 June Last

Since 2004 the Blessed Sacrament Procession has once again set out from the Church of Our Lady on the Keizersgracht. The route goes along the canals and through the Nine Streets. It is always a solemn moment. After the…

Lucia Grunberg

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From the council table

Closure of churches When I arrived here almost a year ago in Amsterdam as your new parish priest-moderator, I was immediately told that the Augustinus church on the Postjesweg and the Vincentius church on the J. van…

pastor Wilfried Wambeke