Monthly Inspirational- April 2021

On the Threshold of April 2021 Last Easter, the first lockdown in The Netherlands was so strict and severe that Holy Week could not be celebrated in church. Everything was literally closed. All the ceremonies were video streamed from my living room. The singing and...

Monthly Inspiration – March 2021

Dear Parishioner/Visitor, February brought us ice, snow, and spring all in one week. The NASA Rover named “Percey” landed on Mars and the distribution of the COVID 19 vaccine in Holland started very slowly. The lockdown restrictions will most likely last throughout...

Monthly Inspiration – December 2020

Christ the King 2020 crowned in a Corona Year. The Feast of Christ the King signals the end of the current  liturgical year and the following Sunday which is  the First Sunday of Advent,  starts a new liturgical  year. Does Christ need this royal title? Not really,...

Monthly Inspirational – November 2020

Reflections on the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls. The Beatitudes spoken by Christ over 2000 years ago,  apply just as much to the privileged as they do to the under-privileged. We find persecution of people in high places as well as among people without any...

Monthly Inspirational – October 2020

Welcome to our new website! During a time that stricter rules to prevent the spreading of the corona virus in Holland are enforced, our website and video streaming are new lifelines to keep the community together. We all suffer from the many challenges this pandemic...

Monthly Inspirational – September 2020

This little column is meant as a personal monthly note at the end of every month. Looking back at August, I heard many stories about “staycations”. Holiday plans needed to adapted to safer locations and new initiatives needed to be invented to keep the kids happy...