Awaiting Christ: Advent Weekend Dec 13-15 2013


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Weekend meeting in Enschede: 13-15 December 2013
This weekend takes place at Huize Benedictus, Weegschaalstraat 36, Enschede. It starts the evening of Friday December 13th, and concludes Sunday afternoon. We follow a monastic style schedule, including solemn prayer, “gezellige” activities and inspiring talks.


Join the full programme or just parts
Join parts of the programme, or stay at Huize Benedictus during the night (highly recommended!). But then you should bring your own sleeping stuff, since we have no furniture there. We will have a women's and a men's floor with both their own showers and toilets: it’s like camping, but then indoor!
(Let us know if you don’t have a sleeping bag, blanket or mat and we will look for a solution.)

The weekend will be English spoken and focussed on people between 17-32 years old. We can offer this weekend for €10 pp including meals! You can apply by transferring €10 to L.G.C. van der Kaap, NL87SNSB0946477159, mentioning: "Advent Weekend", and send us an e-mail or join the event on Facebook.
(Let us know if you don’t have the money and we will look for a solution.)

About Fr. Elias Leyds CSJ
Born and baptized Protestant in 1958, Dutch Fr. Elias studied at an international school in Wales where he met people of different cultures. Inspired by a Muslim friend he started to wonder about his faith.
After studying Geophysics at TU Delft and working at Shell Fr. Elias found his calling at the community of St. John in France and became Catholic. As a monk Fr. Elias worked as prison chaplain in Vilnius and as parish priest in the Caucasus. In 2008 Fr. Elias moved to Australia, to work at a Christian youth centre by inspiring youth to Christ with martial arts.
Fr. Elias is currently member of the pastoral team of the student parish in Utrecht and president at Radio Maria Nederland. He is considered an expert on philosophy and theology, with great love for the books of Saint John, Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas.

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Those who cannot join the full Advent Weekend event are invited to join parts of the programme as external. Please note that if you wish to join the meals you should apply as internal participant (see above). For the externals we think the following parts of the programme are most interesting:

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Fri Dec 13
# 19.45h Ariëns Movie Night at Huize Benedictus
20.00: Start movie (Des Hommes et des Dieux, of Gods and Men, French spoken, English subtitles)
Entrance: €5
Students: free donation (e.g. €5)
Participants in the full Advent Weekend: free
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1428467537383587
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Sat Dec 14
# 9.45h Ariëns Advent Lecture at Huize Benedictus
10.00: Start lecture (Father Elias on: Des Hommes et des Dieux, "We have not chosen you to decide on your own")
Entrance: €5
Students: free donation (e.g. €5)
Participants in the full Advent Weekend: free
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1419961624904925
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Sat Dec 14
# 15.15h Ariëns Advent Lecture at Huize Benedictus
15.30: Start lecture (Father Elias on: Christmas in the Book of Revelation)
Entrance: €5
Students: free donation (e.g. €5)
Participants in the full Advent Weekend: free
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1380854538831349
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Sat Dec 14
# 20.00h Prayer Vigil and Adoration at Pauluskapel (Eenhoornstraat)
Theme: Awaiting Christ
21.00h: Compline Prayers
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/608154655918380
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Sun Dec 15
# 8.45h Ariëns Advent Lecture at Huize Benedictus
9.00: Start lecture (Father Elias on: Awaiting Christ, preparing for Mass)
Entrance: €5
Students: free donation (e.g. €5)
Participants in the full Advent Weekend: free
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/574931249258735
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Sun Dec 15, Sunday Gaudete (3rd Sunday of Advent)
# 11.00 International Students Mass
Main language: English
Location: Pauluskapel (Eenhoornstraat)
Priest: Rev. Fr. Elias Leyds CSJ from Utrecht
Music: Ariëns Music Ministry
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/561059530648632
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