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On Saturday morning, 9 November, I celebrated Holy Mass for the anniversary of the charismatic Catholic community El Shaddai, which meets in the Peace Church in Amsterdam.

Couples for Christ in the Netherlands celebrated its 25th anniversary on the feast of Christ the King, the 26th of november. This spiritual initiative, originally from the Philippines, is spread in 120 countriesand present in different cities of the Netherlands. In Amsterdam they gather in Saint Pauluskerk for the celebration of the holy Eucharist and to meet each other on sunday afternoon. What is this initiative about?

Een kathedraal is nooit helemaal af. Dankzij goede gevers komt er een kunstwerk boven het centrale toegansportaal en de zijdeuren van "de koepelkathedraal". Er is goed nagedacht wat voor thema voor deze mozaïeken zou passen binnen het geheel van de iconografische opzet van de Sint Bavo. De schepper van dit moois, Gijs Frieling, is bezig met het schilderen van de kartons. Een eerste impressie van wat het gaat worden...

On saturday the 21^th of November El Shaddai chapter Amsterdam celebrated its 25th anniversary. It was announced last year as a beautiful, big and festive celebration, with guests from different countries. Brother Mike Velarde, founder and servant-leader of El Shaddai world wide was supposed to come from the Philippines for the celebration in Amsterdam. But unfortunately, like so many other occasions, Covid-19 changed everything...

On sunday the 3^rd of May we had an English live-stream Mass from our cathedral church, prepared by El Shaddai community (Amsterdam chapter). One of the seminarians, Juan Ignacio, told us how the Lord accompanied him and called him to the priesthood.