Programme

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Sunday 15 June 2025

4:00 pm

Check-in for early arrivals
!!! The parking lot of Drongen Abbey is unavailable on Sunday 15 June due to the annual fair in Drongen.

Reception desk

Monday 16 June 2025

8:00 am

Breakfast
(included in reservations for early arrivals)

Dining room 4

12:30 pm

Lunch
(included in reservations for early arrivals)

Dining room 4

4:00 pm

Check-in
Coffee break

Reception desk

Hallway by the Neo-Gothic Chapel

4:15 pm

Welcome
by Marieke Fernhout (Radboud University Nijmegen and CEUC board member), and UCSIA

Neo-Gothic Chapel

4:30 pm

Keynote lecture 1:
Mental Health Amongst Students: Understanding the Current State of Affairs

by Ronny Bruffaerts (KU Leuven)
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Neo-Gothic Chapel

5:30 pm

Response
by Martijn Steegen (KU Leuven)

Neo-Gothic Chapel

5:45 pm

Q&A
moderated by Serena Margaret Saliba (KU Leuven)

Neo-Gothic Chapel

6:15 pm

Reception

Hallway by the Neo-Gothic Chapel

6:45 pm

Dinner
Dining room 4

8:30 pm

Communal singing
led by Xenia Geysemans and Ken Hendrickx (University of Antwerp)
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Neo-Gothic Chapel

9:30 pm

Leisure time

C1 – C2

Tuesday 17 June 2025

8:00 am

Breakfast

Dining room 4

9:00 am

Mindfulness session led by Marbella Pérez Peña (UCLouvain) (optional attendance)
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C1

Christian morning prayer led by Marieke Fernhout (Radboud University Nijmegen)
(optional attendance)

Ruusbroec Chapel

9:30 am

Keynote lecture 2: to be confirmed

A4

11:00 am

Coffee break
Departure by bus (take away lunch included)

A4

12:30 pm

Excursions

Antwerp
Expo ‘Compassion’ in Museum MAS and visit to ‘Zomaar een dak’, the pastoral service of the University of Antwerp
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Flanders Fields (Ypres)
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Neeltje Jans (Veere)
Guided visit to the Deltaworks and boat ride on the the eastern Scheldt
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4:30 pm

Return to the Drongen Abbey

7:00 pm

Dinner
Dining room 4

8:30 pm

European market
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A4

Wednesday 18 June 2025

8:00 am

Breakfast

Dining room 4

9:00 am

Departure to Leuven by bus
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10:30 am

Arrival in Leuven
Coffee Break

The Great Beguinage Leuven

11:00 am

Keynote lecture 3:
Professional Flourishing in Chaplaincy: Lessons from Health Care Chaplaincy
by Anne Vandenhoeck (KU Leuven)
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Saint John the Baptist Church (The Great Beguinage Leuven)

12:00 pm

Response
respondent to be confirmed

Saint John the Baptist Church (The Great Beguinage Leuven)

12:15 pm

Q&A
moderated by Dardan Bastiaan (Leiden University)

Saint John the Baptist Church (The Great Beguinage Leuven)

12:30 pm

Lunch
The Great Beguinage 16 (Room opposite the Church) Leuven

2:00 pm

Workshops at the University Parish
or
Visit to UZ Leuven (departure at 1:30 pm)
or
Guided tour of Leuven

3:30 pm

Coffee break

4:00 pm

Workshops at the University Parish
or
Visit to UZ Leuven (departure at 3.30 p.m.)
or
Guided tour of Leuven

5:30 pm

Leisure time
Dinner (at participant’s own expense)

Leuven

8:30 pm

Return to Drongen Abbey by bus

10:00 pm

Leisure time

C1 – C2

Thursday 19 June 2025

8:00 am

Breakfast

Dining room 4

8:30 am

Meditation session with Dardan Bastiaan (Leiden University)
(optional attendance)
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C1

Christian morning prayer with Xenia Geysemans (University of Antwerp)
(optional attendance)

Ruusbroec Chapel

9:00 am

Parallel workshop session 1
Do you want to give a workshop? Submit your proposal

C1 – C2 – C3

10:30 am

Coffee break

A4

11:00 am

Parallel workshop session 2
Do you want to give a workshop? Submit your proposal

C1 – C2 – C3

12:30 pm

Lunch

Dining room 4

2:00 pm

Parallel workshop session 3
Do you want to give a workshop? Submit your proposal

C1 – C2 – C3

3:30 pm

Coffee break

A4

4:00 pm

General assembly

A4

5:00 pm

Leisure time

6:30 pm

Reception

The Garden

7:00 pm

Conference dinner

Dining room 4

9:00 pm

Leisure time

Friday 20 June 2025

8:00 am

Breakfast & check-out

Dining room 4

8:50 am

Meditation session with Karma Djinpa Tartchin
(KU Leuven Lifestance Network)
(optional attendance)
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C1

Christian morning prayer with Xenia Geysemans (University of Antwerp)
(optional attendance)

Ruusbroec Chapel

9:30 am

Keynote lecture 4:
The Experience of Human Flourishing
by Hans Schilderman (Radboud University Nijmegen)
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A4

10:30 am

Response
respondent to be confirmed

A4

10:45 am

Q&A
moderator to be confirmed

A4

11:00 am

Coffee break

A4

11:30 am

Closing ceremony
moderated by Günther Sturms, MoTiv, TU Delft

A4

12:30 pm

Lunch

Dining room 4

1:30 pm

End of the programme