Organ and Choir Concert
Openings Concert
St Michael Week-End
Virtual 3D visit of the Cathedral
Welcome!!
Welcome on the website of the Saint Michael and Saint Gudula Cathedral in Brussels.
On this website you will find all information about religious celebrations organised at the cathedral, events taking place at the cathedral and about the life of the Christian community who worships here. Mass times and a list of services available are also included in the site. The cathedral also has a vibrant cultural life. Festive masses, exhibitions and concerts take place regularly and are organised by ‘Culture & Tourisme’.
The Cathedral also is a remarkable archeological site. Its origins can be traced back to the 10th century. The website gives you plenty of information about the rich history of the building, with its architectural history covering 10 centuries. Volunteers are there to welcome you and will help you to organise guided tours. Within its walls, the cathedral has seen important historical events, which are listed in the historical survey.
We hope the visit of this website will prompt you to come and participate to one of our services or cultural events!
If you need some additional information, you may send a mail at: michgdl@bxl.catho.be.
Address of the Cathedral : Parvis sainte-Gudule – 1000 Bruxelles – Belgium
- Dean Benoît Lobet
- Marie-Hélène Brion
- President : Mr Frédéric Veldekens
- Secretary : Mr Philippe Marchandise
- Finances : Countess Claude d’Aspremont Lynden
- Délégué Général/Algemeen afgevaardigde : Mr Yvan Cardon de Lichtbuer
Silent adoration for Ukraine on Wednesday, September 14 from 1pm to 2pm.
You are cordially invited to come and pray after the daily Mass, on Wednesday, September 14 from 1 pm to 2 pm in front of the Blessed Sacrament in the Cathedral. This hour of silent worship is specially dedicated to Ukraine.
Musical Sundays
Belgian and foreign choirs sing during the 11 o’clock mass, the sacred polyphonic repertoire (Renaissance , Baroque and modern) and Gregorian chant, accompanied by the two organists Bart Jacobs and Xavier Deprez. 03/07 > 28/08 03/07 SWARA VOCAL ENSEMBLE dir./o.l.v....
Carillon concerts
Programme 2022. From 3 July until 31 December 2022. Carillon concerts on the 49 bells of the Cathedral, from 3 July until 31 December 2022, each time at 14:00 hrs. 3 July: Jean-Christophe MICHALLEK 10 July: Ayako VANDER POORTEN 17 July: Julien GOVOORTS 21 July -...
The cathedral from the outside
Views you won't see from the ground floor .
The cathedral like you have never seen it before
The details of the stained glas like you have not seen them before! Just as if you were in front of every detail .
20 years Grenzing
Listen or listen again to this splendid concert of 14 July in our cathedral 20 years Grenzing
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
One of the issues which kept theologians, be they patristic, scholastic or children of the Enlightenment, busy was the matter of just how much Jesus knew. When his distressed parents found their twelve-year-old son in the Jerusalem temple, after three days of frantic...
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Solemnity of SS. Peter & Paul
This weekend, whether we honour the twin Apostles on Sunday or Monday, the Church puts before us in the person of Peter and Paul two essential features of its identity. It is no accident that Peter and Paul are twinned in Christian art and in the liturgical life of...
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus demonstrated no fear in talking about God nor in sharing the personal convictions which came from his unshakable faith in the God he called Father. He expected his disciples to be equally forthright. On the occasion of the first public appearance of his...
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
For the vast majority of the world’s Catholics the last three months represent a eucharistic famine. Priests count themselves uniquely blessed that they can receive Holy Communion each day as they celebrate Mass. Those who are self-isolating or in quarantine, as...