Quick menu:
- 1-on-1 conversation with pastors
- Support with loss and grief
- Discussion groups
- Meditation
- Excursions and retreats
- Singing in a student choir
- Meet & Eat
- Dito dare to lunch
- Repair & Restyle Café
- Film night
- Potluck dinner
1-on-1 conversation with pastors
By appointment
You can contact our pastors for a confidential personal conversation. This could be about things you are struggling with, such as difficult choices, study problems, dealing with others, loneliness, but also about your own ambitions, relationships and sexuality or questions about your faith, values or meaning. Topics you may not want or be able to discuss with your parents, friends and lecturers. A listening ear from someone outside your own circle can often help you further.
Walk-in hour
You are also welcome without an appointment at the ALL EARS walk-in hour on the HAN University of Applied Sciences campus. This takes place every Wednesday. Besides the talk, you can take part in the meditation moment that precedes it. The meditation moment starts at 1.30 pm; the walk-in consultation hour at 2 pm (Kapittelweg 35, room 4.38). You do not need to register. These sessions are guided by our student pastor Nicole Schubert.
Support with loss and grief
If you have lost a family member or friend, it can have a deep impact on your life. In collaboration with a student psychologist, the University Chaplaincy offers you the opportunity to talk about this in a grief group. You can also participate in our mourning workshop, set up a memorial space or organise a memorial service. Of course, you can also just walk in and light a candle at our statue of Mary or in the mourning corner.
Discussion groups
Meaning in my life
What gives meaning to my life? How to deal with the (un)meaning of life? Explore meaning themes together in a small group, playfully and in-depth. Keep an eye on our agenda and Instagram page for the next edition. This discussion group is guided by our student pastor Nicole Schubert.
Coloured conversations
Growing up with two cultures can be enriching, but sometimes difficult due to the 'friction' of two cultures. This discussion group for students from multicultural backgrounds meets once every three weeks. During these sessions, we share our experiences around different values, expectations from the environment, relationships, religion and much more. This discussion group is guided by our student pastor Marieke Fernhout.
Long covid group
In this online discussion group, students with long covid can share their concerns, questions and experiences. From time to time, an expert in a particular field joins, such as an immunologist or a GP. This discussion group is guided by our student pastor Marieke Fernhout.
Meditation
Come meditate at the University Chaplaincy! You can do this in our silence room or join one of our groups: Silence4You, Inside Out or MeditAction. Keep an eye on our agenda and Instagram page for the next editions.
Excursions and retreats
Excursions
We regularly organise day trips to cultural and religious sites in the Benelux and Europe. Especially for international students and PhD students, the trips offer a great way to get to know the region and new people. For example, every year we go to Auschwitz and for a retreat week to Taizé in France. We visit a Christmas market in Germany or religious expositions. Keep an eye on our agenda and Instagram page for upcoming excursions.
24-hour retreat
Do you feel like getting away from everything and recharging your battery properly? And are you curious about a monastery in today's society? We regularly organise a 24-hour retreat with overnight stay for this purpose at the Dominican Monastery in Huissen. Time for yourself, meeting in the group, beautiful nature, silence, sharing, walking. Nothing is mandatory and there is a lot of freedom - tailored to your needs and the rhythm of the monastery. Keep an eye on our agenda and Instagram page for the next edition. The 24-hour retreat is guided by our student pastor Nicole Schubert.
2-day retreat
Several times throughout the year, student pastor Jos Geelen organises a 2-day retreat (Friday and Saturday) to a monastery in Weert or Dordrecht. For more information, please send an email to joseph.geelen [at] ru.nl.