Leuven Belgium: Catholic University, Father Damien Crypt and Chapel
rrz518 visits Leuven Belgium, Catholic University, Father Damien Crypt and Chapel
Fr. Damien's Shrine in Leuven, Belgium
The Holy Rover travels to Leuven, Belgium, to see the shrine of Father Damien, a Belgian priest who devoted his life to serving a leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. For more information go to spiritualtravels.info.
Tour guide Leuven Old History Download
Portraits of R. Infrastructures: R.Institute for Work&Society, Leuven University, InGRIDproject
HIVA Research Institute for Work and Society specialises in academic and policy-oriented research that can provide a very specific response to current policy issues. Research activities cover: Work and Organisation; Labour Market; Poverty, Social Integration and Migration; Sustainable Development; Education and Lifelong Learning; Welfare State and Housing. InGRID project offers free-of-charge access to research infrastructures with data sets and expertise within the fields of poverty, living conditions, working conditions, vulnerable groups, policy analysis and statistical quality management in social sciences
Mass for Father Damien in his hometown Ninde, Belgium
The Life of Father Damien
saintdmienscouts's shared video file. Father Herman of Saint Ann's and the Order of Sacred Hearts' words of Fr. Damien, as read by the Saint Damien Boy Scouts.
(HD) Choir and Hula Performance at Father Damien Ceremony in Tremelo, Belgium
Keali'ika'apunihonua Ke'ena A'o Hula
St. Damien of Molokai (the leper priest)
This five minute video is an overview of the life of a young Belgian born Joseph De Veuster, best known as Fr.Damien the Leper. His feast day is May 10th.
Belgium: The City of Leuven
The City of Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) east of Brussels.
It is home to to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence. It is also home to the UZ Leuven, one of the largest hospitals of Europe.
Both world wars in the 20th century inflicted major damage upon the city.
Because it is the capital of the region of Flemish-Brabant, many governmental institutions are located in Leuven. As the largest and one of the oldest Flemish cities in the immediate vicinity, with a large range of cafés, restaurants, cultural institutions and shopping neighbourhoods, Leuven also attracts people from nearby cities and villages.
Some buildings and landmarks are: the Town Hall in a Brabantian late-Gothic style. In the 19th century, 236 statues were added to the exterior, each representing a prominent local scholar, artist or noble from the city’s history. The reception hall dates from 1750.
The St. Peter's Church (1425–1500) was finished by Jan Keldermans and Matheus de Layens. During the Second World War the church was damaged; during the restoration a Romanesque crypt from the 11th century was found. In the church itself there are several paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries and the grave of Duke Henry I of Brabant. The 50-metre-high tower — which was meant to be 169 metres high, but was never completed — is home to a carillon. The tower was included in UNESCO's list of Belfries of Belgium and France in 1999.
The Linen-Hall, in an early-Gothic style, with baroque addition, is today the University Hall.
Source: Wikipedia
Leuven, Belgium
Vignettes of Leuven. Here's a quick look around this Belgian city. Thanks to Peter Marchese for the instrumental score.
Other videos of Belgium in this series include Dinant, Ghent, Bruges, Mechelen, and Antwerp. Here are the links...
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Antwerp -
Leuven (Belgium)
25 Km from Brussels is Leuven, the Flemmish capitol of the region. It's a great town to visit if you haven't already. The food and the beer are great but the Flemmish/Gothic architecture steal the spot light. It's definitely worth the visit if you're ever in Belgium! Feel free to share! (I do not own the music in the video, The Artist is Lana Del Rey)
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Father Damien
Reflection for 5/10/13
apostleshipofprayer.org
monsters attacked Leuven city!
Saturday 25 June 2011
Belgium: The Grand Béguinage of Leuven
The Grand Béguinage of Leuven, or in Dutch Groot Begijnhof van Leuven is a well preserved and completely restored historical quarter containing a dozen of streets in the south of downtown Leuven. About 3 hectares (7.5 acres) in size, with some 300 apartments in almost 100 houses, it is one of the largest still existing beguinages in the Low Countries. The béguinage stretches on both sides of the river Dijle, which splits into two canals inside the béguinage, thus forming an island. Three bridges connect the parts of the beguinage.
The Grand Béguinage (Groot Begijnhof) has the appearance of a small town in the city. It is a succession of streets, squares, gardens and parks, with tens of houses and convents in traditional brick and sandstone style.
As a community for unmarried, semi-religious women (see Béguine), this béguinage originated in the early 13th century. The last priest of the Beguine community died in 1977 at the age of 107. He is buried in the graveyard of Park Abbey. The last Beguine died in 1988.
In that year, the béguinage was officially recognised by Unesco as a World Heritage Site.
Nowadays the complete béguinage is owned by the University of Leuven and used as a campus, especially for housing students and academic guests.
Leuven, Belgium
First day in Europe - four races, and four weeks until the first round of the 1500m at the London Olympics!
The Old City in Leuven, Belgium
Father Damien's Arrival at Kalaupapa
The Heroes We Need: Father Damien
A short video on the life of Father Damien, a hero whose tale deserves to be told. It is the first in a series of videos about heroes who are more obscure and unknown outside of certain circles. Whatever your religion or philosophy, I think we can all agree that Father Damien was a true hero: the kind of hero we need.