Advent 2023

A blessed Christmas !

Prayerful Christmas greetings from the Carmelite Sisters of Vilvoorde with assurance of our prayer for you and your loved ones....

3rd Sunday of Advent

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS!

Second Sunday of Advent

       Advent Wreath Prayer for the Second Week of Advent

Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the ways of Thine only-begotten Son, that through His coming we may be worthy to serve Thee with purified minds. Who livest and reignest, with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.

A Blessed Advent

Wishing you a holy, joyful and hopeful season of Advent! Let us unite ourselves with Our Blessed Mother Mary in vigilant waiting for His coming...
 

Beginning with the First Sunday of Advent, the lighting of a candle can be accompanied by a Bible reading, devotional time and prayers. An additional candle is lit during each subsequent week until, by the last Sunday before Christmas, all four candles are lit.

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

29 March - HOLY THURSDAY - No Mass at 11:30 AM

                   * 19:00 EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until 22:00

30 March - GOOD FRIDAY - No Mass at 11:30 AM

                   * 15:00 STATIONS OF THE CROSS

                   * 19:00 -VENERATION OF THE CROSS

31 March- HOLY SATURDAY  - No Holy Mass at 11:30 AM

                    *19:00  EASTER VIGIL with blessing of water.

1 April- EASTER SUNDAY 8:30 AM - HOLY MASS

2 April- SECOND EASTER DAY: 8:30 AM - HOLY MASS(inside chapel)

                       

  WELCOME to our celebrations

WISHING YOU ALL A  MEANINGFUL HOLY WEEK & A GLORIOUS EASTER!

Community Retreat

The Sisters are on retreat from January 28 to February 4. We recommend ourselves to your prayer just as we pray for you more intensely during these days of silence and solitude in the desert of Carmel... thank you! What a beautiful way to prepare for the opening of our 550th jubilee year on February 11.