Roman Liturgy

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 18^th, 2025 in Antwerp, Belgium.

Schedule of the Day

At 11:00 a.m. Solemn Mass sung in Latin (according to the missal of Saint Paul VI) will be celebrated in the cathedral of Our Lady of Antwerp. The choir Voces Capituli will enhance the liturgy with Gregorian chant. Free access.
Following the Mass, at 12:30 p.m. a lunch will be served in the gathering space “De Plek” (€ 25 pp, € 16.50 for students), next to the sacristy: a bread meal with a bowl of soup. You need to register (see below) for the lunch and the guided tour of the cathedral.

After lunch, at 2:30 p.m., a guided tour of the cathedral in Dutch by Father Bart Paepen will take start at the same place as the lunch. The speaker is the parish priest of the cathedral and expert in arts.

The registration for lunch includes the access to the guided tour. Those who are not registered for lunch are invited to register for the tour (€ 10 pp).

Finally, at 3:30 p.m., in the lateral chapel of the Holy Sacrament, the opportunity to attend a short adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament will be granted. Free access.

Registration

Please register before October 7^th, 2025, if possible. You can do this by bank transfer to the account of the VWHLL, IBAN: BE24 6512 2634 3038, BIC: KEYT BEBB. 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 and guided tour.

For the multilingual Masses we organized, we used to provide a PDF booklet with translations and answers for the faithful that had to be printed. This was expensive. Theoretically, it was also possible to scroll over this PDF file with a smartphone, but this was not very user-friendly.

From now on, we will also provide a web version to be used by with the smartphone through a QR-code that can be published in the church and shared from phone to phone.

This feature was available for the first time in the Saint James Church of Antwerp for Corpus Christi 2025. You can click here to see how to select a language with a button and to share a QR code.

On Saturday, March the 29th, 2025, a Latin Mass according to the Novus Ordo will be celebrated ad Orientem at 12 pm in the Sint-Kwintens church of Louvain (Belgium), Naamsestraat 160. The readings will be in English.

A PDF booklet with translations and answers for the faithful is available here.

On Monday, December the 9th, 2024, a Latin Mass according to the Novus Ordo will be celebrated ad Orientem at 6 pm in the chapel of the former Northern American College of Louvain (Belgium), Naamsestraat 100. The readings will be in English.

A PDF booklet with translations and answers for the faithful is available here.

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 12^th, 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 the lunch and the 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 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 7^th, 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.

On Tuesday February the 13th, 2024, a Latin Mass according to the Novus Ordo will be celebrated ad Orientem at 6 pm in the chapel of the former Northern American College of Louvain (Belgium), Naamsestraat 100. The readings will be in English. Booklets with translations and answers for the faithful will be available.

On Friday February the 8th, 2023, a Latin Mass according to the Novus Ordo will be celebrated ad Orientem at 6 pm in the chapel of the former Northern American College of Louvain (Belgium), Naamsestraat 100. The readings will be in English.

A PDF booklet with translations and answers for the faithful is available here.

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 Sunday, October 15^th, 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium.

Program

At 11:30 a.m. Solemn 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 and singing school Lux Amoris will enhance the liturgy with Gregorian and polyphonic chant. Free access.

Following the Mass, at 13:00 p.m. a lunch will be served nearby the church, at the school De Dames (@ € 25 pp, € 16.50 for students), Lange Nieuwstraat 74: 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., at the school De Dames (@ € 20 pp, Lange Nieuwstraat 74) or in the rooms of the Saint James church, workshops on Gregorian chant will take place, led by experts of the Lux Amoris School. Or, at the same time, M. Lieven Gorissen will give a conference in Dutch about “The Papal Zouaves and 150 Years of the Pro Petri Sede Alliance in Antwerp” for those who are more interested.

The access to the workshops and conference is included in the registration for lunch. 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), short adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament. Free access.

Registration

Registration must happen preferably before October 10^th, 2023. 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) and your level of knowledge of Gregorian chant (beginner, skilled, expert) if you want to attend the workshops.
Registration is necessary for lunch.

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 March 4^th, 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium.

Program

At 11:00 a.m. Solemn Mass sung in Latin (according to the missal of 2002) will be celebrated in the Saint James church (Sint-Jacob, Sint-Jacobsstraat 9) of Antwerp. The choir Voces Capituli will enhance the liturgy with Gregorian and polyphonic chant. Free access.

Following the Mass, at 12:30 p.m. a lunch will be served nearby the church, at the school De Dames (@ € 20 pp, Lange Nieuwstraat 74): a bread meal with a bowl of soup. You need to register (see below) for lunch and conference.

After lunch, at 2:30 p.m., in the beautiful restored ship of the Saint James church, Rev. Fr. Patrick Lens will give a conference in Dutch about “Believe in the Holy Trinity: a new approach to the problem of the evil”. The access to the conference is included in the registration for lunch. Those who are not registered are invited to give a voluntary contribution for the conference into the appropriate baskets.

Finally, at 4:15 p.m., in the Saint James church (Sint-Jacob, Sint-Jacobsstraat 9), short adoration of the Most Holy Sacrament. Free access.

Registration

Registration must happen preferably before February 28^th, 2023. 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 (€ 20 per person).
Registration is necessary for lunch.