Imagine an aesthetic experience that hits you in the deepest of your hart and helps you to get closer to God. This is the aim of the study day of the VWHLL (which stands for Flemish Work Group of Contemporary Latin Liturgy) on Saturday, October 12th, 2024 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Program
At 11:00 a.m. Pontifical Mass sung in Latin (according to the missal of Saint Paul VI) will be celebrated in the Saint James church (Sint-Jacob, Sint-Jacobsstraat 9) of Antwerp. The choir Cantabo will enhance the liturgy with Gregorian chant. Free access.
Following the Mass, at 12:30 p.m. a lunch will be served nearby the church, in the Arts Centre Vlaams Fruit (€ 25 pp, € 16.50 for students), Parochiaanstraat 4, 2000 Antwerpen (also known as Theater Het Klokhuis): a bread meal with a bowl of soup. You need to register (see below) for lunch and workshops or conference.
After lunch, at 2:30 p.m., a conference in Dutch by msgr. H. Woorts will take place at the same place as the lunch. The speaker is one of the Auxiliary Bishops of Utrecht. He will give a multimedia presentation about “The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Art, from the Early Third Century until Nowadays, in the Christian West and East”
The registration for lunch includes the access to the conference. Those who are not registered are invited to give a voluntary contribution for the workshops or the conference into the appropriate baskets.
Finally, at 4:30 p.m., in the Saint James church (Sint-Jacob, Sint-Jacobsstraat 9), the opportunity to attend a short adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament will be granted. Free access.
Registration
Please register before October 7th, 2024, if possible. You can do this by bank transfer to the account of the VWHLL (see address below), IBAN: BE97 8900 2429 0649, BIC: VDSP BE91. Don’t forget to mention the number of persons for the bread meal with a bowl of soup (€ 25 per person, € 16.50 for students).
Registration is mandatory for lunch.