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Sainte Gudule - La Force de la Foi
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: kathedraalsecretariaat@gmail.com
Address of the Cathedral : Parvis sainte-Gudule – 1000 Bruxelles – Belgium
PASTORAL CARE
Dean Benoît Lobet
rue du Bois Sauvage 15, B-1000 Bruxelles – Tél. 02/229 24 90 – benoit.lobet@skynet.be
SECRETARY’S OFFICE
Myriam Zanzen
Rue du Bois Sauvage 15, B -1000 Bruxelles – Tel. 02/229 24 90 – kathedraalsecretariaat@gmail.com
CHURCH COUNCIL
President : Mrs Gaëtane Janssens de Bisthoven
Secretary : Mr Christian Storck
Finances : Mr Vincent Laurencin
Infos: Secretary’s office, rue du Bois sauvage 15 -1000 Bruxelles – Tél. 02/229 24 90
CULTURE ET TOURISME asbl
In charge of cultural activities organised by the cathedral : rue du Bois sauvage 15 -1000 Bruxelles
Contact: arsincathedrali@gmail.com
CHARITY FRIENDS OF THE CATHEDRAL
Délégué Général/Algemeen afgevaardigde : Mr Vincent Mertens de Wilmars
CHURCH AND TOURISM BRUSSELS (Guided Tours)
Rue du Bois sauvage 15 – 1000 Bruxelles
Tél. 02/219 75 30 – etkt@skynet.be
www.churchandtourismbrussels.be
Multicultural crib exhibition
MILTON CHORUS (USA)
TUESDAY 6 JUNE at 15:00 hrs: concert by the American choir "Milton Chorus". Programme : I have longed for thy saving health (Byrd) - Sicut locutus est (Back) - Ave verum Corpus (Mozart) - Lamb of God (German chorale, arr. F.Melius Christiansen) - Nelly bly (Stephen...
CARILLON CONCERTS
Programme 2023. From 18 June until 31 December 2023. Carillon concerts on the 49 bells of the Cathedral, from 3 July until 31 December 2023, each time at 14:00 hrs.18 June - Summer: Thierry BOUILLET21 July - Belgian National Day: Jasper DEPRAETERE15 August -...
Concerts of the Holy Week
Holy Wednesday 05.04.2023 at 8pm « Lamentationes », Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703-1741) Elisabeth Goethals, soprano, Pierre Sutra, cello, Xavier Deprez, organ. The Lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah, set to music by one of the famous Kapellmeisters of the Cathedral of...
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...