Chaplaincy of the European Schools (03/2022)

Lent 2021 in Mamer’s Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church
Photo taken by Cheryl Kouba

Dear Parents,

Wishing you a blessed Lenten season!

"Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich others by our own poverty. Let us not forget that real poverty hurts: no self-denial is real without this dimension of penance. I distrust a charity that costs nothing and does not hurt." - Pope Francis, 2014

Lent 2022

Online Conference
Thursday, March 10th from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

The importance of family relationships and of spirituality for children and adolescents during a pandemic crisis

with Gilbert Pregno, psychologist, trainer in family therapy, individual and team supervisor, as well as author of numerous articles and books.

and Sylvie Schares, Director of the Continuing Education Department, Luxembourg School of Religion & Society.

The conference will be in French, but questions may be asked in FR, DE and EN. Registration is required: cheryl.kouba@cathol.lu .

Family Morning
Saturday, March 26th, from 9:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m.

Families of Lux I and Lux 2 are invited to spend a morning during Lent together to reflect upon and discuss the theme of God’s forgiveness. Following a moment of catechesis, there will be the opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, followed by a Mass. We will be meeting in Le Christ-Sauveur Church in Bridel, Luxembourg (16, rue Nicolas Goedert, Bridel, 8133). All sanitary measures will be followed. Registration is required by Monday, 21 March at 4:30 p.m.: cheryl.kouba@cathol.lu . Please include the number of family members who are to attend, the preferred linguistic group (EN-FR-DE), as well as the class level of each child (P3, S4, etc.) in your message.

Upcoming activity

Guided visit to the Basilica in Echternach
Saturday, April 30th, from 11 a.m until 12 p.m. (time to be confirmed)

You and your children are cordially invited to register for a guided walking tour which will take place on Saturday, April, beginning at at the entrance of the St. Willibrord Basilica in Echternach. This basilica has become a popular tourist attraction, due partly to the dancing, or hopping, procession held there on the Tuesday after Pentecost, or Whit Tuesday: https://vimeo.com/131869415 . This procession has been inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. (The estimated end time of this visit is noon, which will leave you time to enjoy lunch in one of the wonderful restaurants there.) This tour will be given in English. Group size is limited to twenty-five participants on a first-come, first-served basis. A fee of 3 Euros per person is requested to cover the cost of the guide. To register, please respond to this invitation by email and include your full name, the number of participants and the age of your children at: cheryl.kouba@cathol.lu by Monday, 25 April at 16:30.

Other Church activities

Synod 2021-2023

As many of you are aware, the diocesan phase of Synod 2021-2023 began with a Mass in October. Questions can now be found in nine languages at: https://cathol.lu/article9601. Students will have the opportunity to participate in this process in their RCA classes, using an adapted version of the questions. If parents are not taking-part in this process through their parish or another group, they are invited to complete an individual response form.

WYD Lisboa 2023

Plans are underway for the WYD Lisbon 2023!

The official dates of the WYD Lisbon 2023 have been announced by the Archdiocese of Lisbon: August 1st to 6th. For more information, as well as to register, please go to: https://www.luxyouth.lu/jmj2023 or contact Ms. Carolina Medrano at carolina.medrano@cathol.lu.

The organizing committee of WYD 2023 is in need of student ambassadors . Therefore, if your child is actively involved in your parish and willing to share news of the upcoming WYD with their peers, please contact me!

General Information

Chaplaincy Team

The Chaplaincy Team has been created, but we are in search of more members. So, if you have ideas to share and opinions to give, please consider becoming a parent representative. If you are interested and/or if your child is interested in becoming a student representative, please contact me.

Mass times

All regularly scheduled Mass hours may be found on the site of the Archdiocese of Luxembourg: https://www.cathol.lu/ under the heading «Gottesdéngschter, Célébrations». You may search Mass hours by parish, location, language and type of celebration. In addition to the regularly scheduled weekly Masses, Mass will also be celebrated in English at Eglise Sainte-Vierge-Marie in Capellen (49, route d’Arlon) on Sunday, March 6th and Sunday, March 20th at 5 p.m.

Best wishes,
Cheryl

Cheryl Kouba
School Chaplaincy Animator for the European Schools