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“Kinderen van de belofte”: op weg naar doopsel, vormsel en communie

Bij het woordje ‘catechese’ denken we vooral aan de catechese voor kinderen die hen voorbereidt...

De Focolarebeweging: een haardvuur

Hoe de Focolarebeweging ontstond Als meisje en jonge vrouw stond het leven van Chiara Lubich...

Aswoensdag: het begin van een vrijwillige quarantaine

Een eigenaardige, aparte, totaal andere viering van Aswoensdag was het dit jaar. De as werd...

Being a grateful Church in times of lockdown

Who could have guessed, this time last year, that a few weeks later we would...

Windekind: Gewoon én buitengewoon

Van bij het ontstaan van Windekind vzw in 1960 is de parochie Sint-Kwinten actief betrokken...

Dankbaar kerk zijn in tijden van lockdown

Wie had kunnen vermoeden vorig jaar deze tijd dat we enkele weken later in een...

In-person adult catechesis (RCIA) restarts: “The harvest is great” (Mt 9:37)

“With the disappearance of a sociological Christianity, in which most children were baptized shortly after...

Take care of yourself and the other

It was a dreary, drizzly day, but many enthusiastic and warmhearted people gathered to celebrate...

Let us do ‘yes’

On 27 September during the Sunday Eucharist at Sint-Kwinten’s pater Joseph Imama, cm concelebrated and...
Why we baptised a baby in these circumstances

Why we baptised a baby in these circumstances

Though every Baptism is special, we didn’t expect the Baptism of our fourth child to...
At last

At last

It was a beautiful sunny Sunday, the 13th of September, when, after months of patient...
I got an adult daughter

Just like that, I got an adult daughter

On Sunday 13 September 2020 I will be the Confirmation sponsor of Denise Bosman, a...
The life of a bus driver in these confusing times

The life of a bus driver in these confusing times

Conrad Nwaka, originally from Nigeria, arrived in Leuven as a student in 2007. His intention...

A great joy to celebrate together again

For the first time in more than three months, members of the Sint-Kwinten faith community...

Pentecost 2020: in communion despite social distancing

Homily of Pater Juan Carlos Tinjaca, ss.cc., delivered Sunday 31 May 2020 in Sint-Kwinten’s Church:...
An extraordinary Triduum in an extraordinary time

An extraordinary Triduum in an extraordinary time

Despite the stay-at-home restrictions aimed at minimizing the spread of the coronavirus, the Sint-Kwinten’s faith...
Living my faith in corona-time: Doing small things with great love

Living my faith in corona-time: Doing small things with great love

“Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with...
Videco call

Special times call for special forms of closeness

At the present time, one objective prevails in our society: to reduce the number of...