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UPGUIDE 2017 - 2018 University Parish Nederlands: Draai om
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UPGUIDE2017 - 2018
University ParishNederlands:Draai om
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Spirituality 4 Meditation - Mindfulness - Yoga - Info Fair on Spirituality and Faith initiatives - Spiritual Direction - Spiritual Exercises - Liturgical Song Day - CLC-group - Advent and Lent Reflection - Light a Candle
Lectures 8 Hannah Arendt: Living in Truth. - Spring School “Be Smarter than Your Phone” - Contrary Religious
Weekend 9 Magis - Silent Meditation - Whirling along Simplicity - Choose Yourself - A Weekend at Chevetogne Abbey
Interreligious 10 Join your Neighbours at Table - KU Leuven Lifestance Network
Students only 12 Community House - Croques - Welcome Days - Take a Break - ‘Rauwkost’ - Pati Pati - Immersion Trip
Solidarity 12 Volunteering iCare - CoCopus - Give Away Fair
Celebrations 15 Weekend Celebrations - Other Languages - Taizé - Student Celebrations
Sacraments 16 Baptism - Confirmation - Acceptance into the Catholic Church - Wedding - Reconciliation - Anointment of the Sick
Decease & Mourning 17 Funeral - Memorial services - Mourning Groups - Rituals can Heal
During the academic year, more activities will be added to our agenda.
For updates and more information, check our website regularly or sign up for our monthly newsletter:
www.kuleuven.be/up
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Dear Friends,The University Parish Team welcomes you to Leuven at the onset of this new academic year. With you, we hope for a rich and challenging experience, in which time and space will be found for what really matters in your life and makes you joyful.This UP-Guide provides you with an overview of activities we offer, and we hope some of them will engage you in a hectic and sometimes stressful world. More information is available on our website www.kuleuven.be/up.The University Parish emphasizes community building, solidarity and spirituality in our university. Our inspiration is Christian and Catholic, while we also create space for and serve university members with other religious and life convictions. We actively promote intercultural and interreligious initiatives at our university. We want to support those who long for personal and spiritual growth in our rapidly changing world. The University Parish is dedicated to offering a platform for genuine interaction and a warm connection between people. We stand in the service of inspired action and in-depth encounters, celebration and thanksgiving. The University Parish is yours. Please visit us on the web or join us at our liturgies and events. We invite you to visit us at Tiensestraat 124 for refreshments and conversation.
UNIVERSITAIRE PAROCHIETiensestraat 1243000 LEUVEN, Belgiëtel. + 32 16 32 55 [email protected]
www.kuleuven.be/up upleuven
v.u.: Jacques Haers, Tiensestraat 124, 3000 Leuven.
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MeditationMeditation on FridayThose who have experienced the benefits of meditation will find a way of establishing a regular practice to integrate it into their lives. Before the weekend begins, we will set aside one hour to become silent. Our gathering starts with a short meditative reading or introduction. After that, our meditation begins. We finish the evening with a short reflection and a drink.
Meditation in the Christian traditionAll over the world, people gather in groups to meditate in accordance with the Christian tradition. Meditation is a simple way of getting in touch with our original core. The silence of meditation lets us experience fullness and trust, and we turn back to the source. According to the Christian tradition, this source is love.
Wake-upMeditation in accordance with Thich Nhat Hanh that emphasizes gentleness, compassion, togetherness and profound insight. We start with a sitting meditation followed by mindful walking or moving, silent meditation and/or a moment of inspiration. The programme may vary.
• Friday, 20.00 to 21.00. Not during school holidays
• Your first time? Join us at 19.45.• St. John the Baptist Church, Groot Begijnhof, Leuven• Free• Contact: [email protected]• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
• Tuesday, every two weeks, 20.00 to 21.00.• Sint-Lambertuskapel: Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, Heverlee• Gratis• Contact: [email protected] • Info en data: www.kuleuven.be/up
• Young people between 18 and 35 years old. • Beginners welcome.• Begijnhof 16, Leuven• Free• Info and dates: www.kuleuven.be/up
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Mindfulness Do you want to learn how to cope with “things in life,” the less pleasant included? Do you want to find a healthy balance between work and entertainment, to be fully conscious in whatever you do, whether at home or at work? Do you want to improve your concentration, stay stable in times of stress, gain insight into your own way of functioning? Do you want to learn how to pay attention, to live and work in a conscious way, in the present moment, with an open mind and open heart?Following a basic mindfulness training course might be helpful.
Yoga from the Inside Out Neshama offers yoga classes accessible to all, in small groups, with a lot of personal attention and safe guidance. The classes are down to earth and practical, so that you can develop your practice at home.Active or calm, yoga for movement and stretching, or for relaxation and coping with stress. Do you know which form of yoga suits you? Does yoga suit you at all? Neshema can help. Email for more information.
• Thursday 1/2, 8/2, 15/2, 22/2, 1/3, 8/3, 15/3, 22/3 | 19.30 - 22.00 pm. • CC Oratoriënhof, Mechelsestraat 111, 3000 Leuven• Contact: www.itam.be/kalender-detail/mindfulnesstraining-290.html | [email protected]
• Benedenstraat 11, 3220 Holsbeek• Contact: www.neshama.be | [email protected] | 0498 80 42 33
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Finding yourself … and God?Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
You need to take an important decision. Or you are looking for a deeper meaning, inner peace, love, hope. You are asking yourself questions: How can I be happy? What is the purpose of my life? Who is God to me?With this experience-based method, we explore those questions in depth.We offer two formulas:1. A full 9-month program: weekly meetings with a director2. A shorter program (can be spread over a whole year): 4 to 8 meetings with a director
Spiritual Direction
A spiritual director guides you on your way to deepen your spiritual life and discover your inner self. … if you are looking for a deeper grasp of what is happening at a more profound level, inside you or around you … if you’re discerning what choices to make … if you wish to express your deepest thoughts … if you’re asking yourself questions about faithEverything can be shared, every subject that is important to you.
• Lerkeveld or Universitaire Parochie• Monthly• Contact:
[email protected]• www.kuleuven.be/up
• Information evening: 5 October 2017, 20.30.
• Contact: [email protected]• info: www.kuleuven.be/up
Info Fair on Spirituality and Faith Initiatives• 5 October 2017 | 19.30.• UP, Tiensestraat 124, Leuven• Contact: [email protected]
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Are you longing for peace and silence, but don’t know how to achieve it? Do you search for inspiration, but don’t know where to start? At this info fair, you can discover and get a taste of all our initiatives, while meeting other people.
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Advent and Lent Reflection We gather Wednesday mornings for a half hour of reflection and prayer, with words, songs and silence. Afterwards you can join in for breakfast.
•Officiallanguage:Dutch• Advent: 06/12, 13/12, 20/12 | 19.30 - 21.00.• Lent: 14/02, 21/02, 28/02, 07/03, 14/03, 21/03, 28/03 | 19.30 - 21.00.• St. John the Baptist Church, Groot Begijnhof, Leuven• Contact and info: [email protected] | www.kuleuven.be/up
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Light a CandleFor whom, for what would you light your candle? To light a candle, a sign of hope, a sign of remembrance, a sign of abiding connection, is an ancient gesture, a strong symbol to create solidarity in times of loneliness, sadness and pain.
• 7 November 2017 | 20.00 - 22.00. • Grote Markt Leuven, next to the
Sint-Pieterskerk• Free candles • Info: [email protected]
www.kuleuven.be/up
CLC-groupChristian Life Community
We meet in small groups to pray and share, supporting one another through the ups and downs of ordinary life. By listening to each other, we grow to understand ourselves, deepen our relationship with God, and discover more clearly how each of us is uniquely called to respond to God’s love.
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• 17-30 years old• Monthly• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
Liturgical Song Day Songs and psalms of Huub Oosterhuis will be practiced.
•Officiallanguage:Dutch• 30 September• St. John the Baptist Church, Leuven• Info and subscription:
www.kuleuven.be/up
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Hannah Arendt: Living in Thruth.The Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt thought deeply about thoughtlessness, judgement and a culture of open debate. She is our guide for our yearly colloquium “Clear Sources,” sponsored by the Universitaire Parochie and SPES forum vzw. Speakers include Rik Torfs, Toon Vandevelde, Anya Topolski, Remi Peeters, Thea Bombeek, Luk Bouckaert and Jacques Haers.
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• 1 December 2017 | 9.00 - 16.00.• Jezuietenhuis,
Waversebaan 220, Heverlee• € 35 | € 30 members SPES and UP
€ 20 students• Info & subscription:
www.spes-forum.be
Spring School“Be Smarter than Your Phone” We will reflect on how we handle ‘smart devices’ and new social media. Themes will include Smartphone addiction, identity, loneliness and digital detox.
Contrary ReligiousDenkend Geloven 2017-2018
Four lectures in Dutch try to respond to this question: ‘Is there a contrary role for religion and spirituality in our in meanwhile fully secularized society?’
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• 18 - 19 April 2018• Info and subscription:
www.kuleuven.be/up
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• 20/2, 27/2, 6/3, 13/3 | 19.30 - 21.30.• MSI, Erasmusplein 2, Leuven• €10 / lecture | €30 all lectures• info and subscription:
http://puc.kuleuven-kulak.be
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Whirling along simplicity Three days back to basics. We will whirl along by bike, from place to place. We will take inspiration from people who desire simplicity, contact with themselves, others and nature.
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• 16 - 18 March 2018• Contact:
[email protected]• Info and subscription:
www.kuleuven.be/up
Recognizing God in the Other A Weekend at an Abbey
How do we see Christ in our neighbours? What does it mean for us? What image of Christ do I communicate to others? Through the participation in the prayer schedule of the monastery, in the silence and solitude of a monastic retreat, through reflection upon selected texts and sharing common meals, you are invited to explore and rediscover your relationship with Christ through others.
• 25 - 27 May 2018• Chevetogne• Students: € 60 | Non-students: € 85 • Contact: [email protected]• Info and subscription:
www.upleuven.be/up
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Silent Meditation You learn different kinds of prayer and meditation techniques, individual or group, in silence or with words. Guided by the spirituality of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• 17 - 30 years old• Friday 07/10 – Sunday 09/10• “Oude Abdij” Drongen (near Ghent)• Info and subscription:
www.kuleuven.be/up
Choose YourselfA weekend to choose yourself in a fully conscious way, together and with others.
MagisMAGIS stands for ‘more’: more adventure, more profundity. MAGIS are activities for youth organised by the jezuits. A weekend filled with action, reflection and encounter.
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• 18 - 32 years old• www.kiesdanzelf.be• [email protected]
• 13 - 15 October 2017 24 - 25 March 2018
• Info: [email protected]• www.magislowcountries.org
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Join your neighbours at table Get to know your ‘neighbours’ – share a meal together.In this series of excursions, we visit different religious groups in Belgium.Get to know the meaning of food, drink, celebration, and fasting in other cultures and in our own lives.
The Jewish Quarter, Antwerp
A guided tour will take us to a synagogue and typical places. We will have a meal in ‘Hoffy’s’, and learn more about Jewish food culture and its traditions. Ample time will be left for reflection and discussion.
Student Mosque, Leuven
We are invited by the International Muslim Students Association Leuven (IMSAL). We will visit the mosque, where we will receive information about Islam and an invitation to pray. We will participate in a communal meal and be informed about Muslim food culture and its traditions. There will be ample time for questions and discussion.
Mormons, Leuven
We visit The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Leuven. The movement was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830. Adherents, often referred to as “Latter-day Saints” or, less formally, “Mormons”, view faith in Jesus Christ and his atonement as fundamental principles of their religion.
• Contact: [email protected] [email protected]
• Info en inschrijving: www.kuleuven.be/up
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KU Leuven Lifestance Network KU Leuven Lifestance Network links international representatives of many religious and non-confessional lifestance communities and groups active in and around Leuven and its university. The network’s goal is to encourage and engage in innovative collaboration in the service of the human community and its environment. The network favours open and fair dialogue based on mutual understanding and respect. Thus it hopes to play a role in peace-building and fostering harmony among religions and non-confessional lifestance communities and also organize activities and prepare public statements rooted in shared concerns.
• Contact: [email protected] 016 377 813
• www.kuleuven.be/up/lifestance
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Croques
Bring your friends with you and enjoy free toasties!
• Info and dates: www.kuleuven.be/up
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Community House for Students University Parish has community houses in Leuven and Heverlee. For international students, we have the ‘Sint-Jan International Community House’, where both Flemish and international students live together. It is located in Celestijnenlaan 101, 3001 Heverlee.Everybody is welcome to join our project: we respect and accept any nationality, religion and or sexual orientation. Do you want more than just a roof above your head? We offer a community where it is nice to stay and where you meet your fellow residents.We offer students the opportunity to experience living in community: students meet at the weekly community meal, go on an annual community trip for the weekend, and participate in a variety of other activities.For those staying only one semester, there are also rooms available in our other houses throughout Leuven.
• Contact: [email protected]• Info and subscrition: www.gemeenschapshuizen.be
Welcome DaysFirst year students coming to Leuven to start their studies can participate in five intensive days to learn more about living in Leuven and studying at KU Leuven, while making new friends.
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• Monday 11/09 - Friday 15/09/2017• Domain Koning Kevin (Kessel-Lo)• € 109• Info & subscription:
www.onthaaldagen.be
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‘Rauwkost’ Story evenings
Surrounded by short stories and fairytales, we explore how stories open our eyes to the wonder of the world around us.
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• 9, 16, 23, 30 October; 6 November• 20.00 - 22.00.• Contact:
[email protected]• Info and subscription:
www.kuleuven.be/up
Take a Break
Our way of encouragement when you are preparing for exams. Students will be treated to free drinks and cookies!
• Dates & location: www.kuleuven.be/up
Immersion Trip As a guest instead of a tourist, you can learn more about the developing world. You can experience how people live in Uganda and get an insight on foreign aid. You need at least 60 studiepoints to participate.
• Officiallanguage:Dutch
• Info evening: 11 October, 19.00, MSI 01.28
• Contact: [email protected]
• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
Pati Pati Solidarity Choir of Leuven
While singing together, students can help contribute to a better world.
• www.patipati.be - [email protected]• www.facebook.com/patipatileuven/
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iCareVoluntary workIf you like to help others and you don’t mind investing some time, then you can do something as a volunteer. On kuleuven.be/icare, you will fi nd different possibilities for volunteering in or around Leuven.
Week of the volunteerDuring this annual solidarity event (March 3 to 11 March 2018), we want to thank students and staff members of KU Leuven who are participating in voluntary work for an organization.
Give Away Fair You are invited to explore the virtue of gratitude. Do you have items that are still usable, but not needed anymore? You can bring them to the University Parish. The goods will be displayed in our pop-up shop. Everyone is welcome to choose beautiful, absolutely free Christmas gifts! Old clothes will be donated to Wereld Missie Hulp. Enjoy the cosiness, warmth and solidarity with free soup and coffee. A warm welcome to everyone!
• 13 December 2017• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
• Universitaire Parochie, Tiensestraat 124, Leuven
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CoCopus Wanted: crochet mates
Vzw CoCopus crochets, collects and distributes “octopuses” to different hospitals for swaddling incubator babies to bring them a sense of security and to prevent them from pulling at probes and tubes. You can help by participating in this fun crochet workshop!
• 19/10, 23/11, 14/12 - 22/02, 15/03, 19/04 | 19.30 - 22.00.• Contact: [email protected]• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
• Contact: [email protected]• Info: www.kuleuven.be/icare
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Student celebrations
Other Languages
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• Wednesday at 20.00.• Leo XIII seminar, Vesaliusstraat 2, Leuven• Contact: [email protected]• info: www.leoxiiiseminarie.org
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Celebrations Weekend Celebrations
• Holy Eucharist: Sundays at 10.00.• Chapel of the Leo XIII Seminary, Vesaliusstraat 2, Leuven• Contact: Fr. Leo M Laurence - [email protected]
[email protected]• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
The English-speaking University Parish (EUP), welcomes people from different backgrounds, cultures and countries to come together as a Catholic Christian faith community. There is a special ministry to see to the liturgy and participation of the children. Opportunities are also provided for faith sharing and Charismatic praise and worship.Lliturgy is followed by a reception – a time of hospitality, encounter, sharing and community building.
TaizéTaizé is an ecumenical community in France where Brothers from different Christian denominations work together. Young people from all over the world come to Taizé to meet each other, pray and live together. A typical feature of these prayers is the music. With soft and repetitive songs, a very peaceful and meditative atmosphere is created.
Whether you are a Taizé-addict or don’t know it yet, don’t hesitate to join our prayers. Everyone is welcome, and prayers are in Dutch and English. We close the evening with a drink.
• 11/09 - 09/10 - 13/11 - 11/12 - 08/01 - 12/02 - 12/03 - 16/04 - 14/05 - 11/06 - 09/07 - 13/08
• 20.00• Chapel Leo XIII-seminar, Vesaliusstraat 2, Leuven.• Contact: taizé[email protected]• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
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• Saturday at 18.15 | Sunday at 11.00• St. John the Baptist Church, Groot Begijnhof, Leuven• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
Français et langues africaines
• Dimanche, 11h30• La chapelle du séminaire Léon XIII, Vesaliusstraat 2, Leuven• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
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SacramentsBaptismWe invite you to celebrate the sacrament as a community event during the Sunday Eucharist. Parents are welcome to enrol their children, ideally one to two months before the desired date.Adults who decide to pursue the journey towards the Christian faith are offered an extended initiation process in a catechumenal group, which reaches its climax with the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and the Eucharist.
ConfirmationAdults who were baptized but never confirmed are invited to celebrate their Confirmation at EUP. They need to enrol five months before the desired date. Children or young people who were baptized and made their First Communion can request confirmation after they have reached the age of 12. An extended preparation process is offered.
Acceptance into the Catholic ChurchChristians who belong to other Christian churches and would like to become Roman Catholics can be accepted in a community liturgy.
• Contact: Fr. Leo M Laurence - [email protected] [email protected]
• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
• Sunday at 9.30.• Chapel of the Leo XIII Seminary, Vesaliusstraat 2, Leuven• Contact: Fr. Leo M Laurence - [email protected]• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
• Contact: Fr. Leo M Laurence - [email protected]• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
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• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
WeddingCouples enrol for the documents preparation process ideally six months before the desired wedding date. They are welcome to celebrate their sacrament of matrimony in St. John the Baptist Church, Groot Begijnhof, Leuven; Sint Lambertus Chapel, Kasteelpark Arenberg 29, Heverlee; or in the Chapel of Leo XIII Seminary, Tiensestraat 112, Leuven. All reservations are made upon appointment.
Reconciliation
Anointment of the SickThe sacrament can be celebrated in private (in cases of urgency) or in the community liturgy.
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Funeral The University Parish cares for the funerals of staff members and students of KU Leuven and their close relatives. The family as well as the undertaker can contact the parish. Funerals regulary take place before noon in St. John the Baptist Church, Groot Begijnhof, Leuven.
Memorial Services Monday 30/10/2017 at 18.30. For deceased students and members oftheassociation
Tuesday 24/4/2018 at 18.15. Forthosewhodonatedtheirbodiestoscience
• Contact: [email protected] Secretariaat: 016 32 55 85
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• St. John the Baptist Church, Groot Begijnhof, Leuven
Mourning Groups
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016 32 55 85 • [email protected]
016 37 78 13• Info: www.kuleuven.be/up
• Officiallanguage:Dutch• Info Evening:
24 October 2017 at 19.30 UP, Tiensestraat 124, Leuven
• Contact: [email protected]• Info: www.uprouw.be
Rituals Can HealGrief after the loss of a loved one can feel unbearable. Weeks or months after the funeral, the need may arise ‘to do something’ to commemorate and heal. We can help design and shape creative rituals to process one’s feeling of loss. For instance:• A remembrance with witnesses, music,
texts/prayers, symbols, silence... • A gathering in an intimate circle, where
memories can be shared, recognized and accepted by the group.
• A workshop with individually work, followed by a final group moment.
Moving on TogetherGroup for mourning: Young People
Five gatherings for young people to share and listen, work with pictures, music, poems, a story, memories...
A different way of holding onGroup for mourning: Adults
Each of the five evenings adults work with a different theme.
