Welcome

ANNUAL SUMMER FAYRE

Our annual summer fayre will take place on Sunday 11th June after the 11.30am Mass.  Please note that on this day there will be only one Mass at 11h30. This is a great family day, with BBQ, africian food stall, clothes & jewellery stalls, Irish dancers, grand tombola, fashion show, military wives choir and lots more. 

Tickets will be distributed for the Grand Tombola in person at the weekend Masses.  If you would like us to post tombola tickets to you, please contact the Parish Office.  

If you would like to volunteer to help out at the fayre, please contact the parish office.

 

STANDING ORDER / OFFERTORY GIFT / DONATION
If you would like to set up a standing order or make an offertory gift/donation to the parish please use the Parish bank account details below:
Community of Saint Anthony
Oudstrijderslaan 23-25, 1950 Kraainem
A/C no. BE60 7330 6428 5970
Thank you

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SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE - Weekly Collection is still taking place

Thank you to all parishioners who have donated food and hygiene products at the weekly appeals for Ukrainian refugees in Brussels.  These are highly appreciated.  The appeals will continue every week at all Masses.  Any contribution you can make is most welcome.  In particular need are: rice, pasta, flour, cereal, baby food, canned fish/meat/vegetables, nappies, baby wipes, shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, sanitary products, over the counter medicines (dafalgan/plasters/cough mixture/...).  THANK YOU!

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About St. Anthony's

St. Anthony's is one of the best established non-Belgian churches in Belgium.  We are a english speaking church in Kraainem and are part of the Archdiocese of Mechelen Brussels.  The Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels is currently led by Cardinal Archbishop Jozef De Kesel.

We were founded in the early seventies to meet the spiritual and worship needs of the new member state citizens, from Ireland and UK, who came in large numbers to Brussels to work in the Old EEC.  Since then, of course, the parish has reached far beyond the boundaries of the expatriate Irish and British communities and now has a community of 40 and more different nationalities.  We have one of the most vibrant and diverse parishes you can find.

It is our hope that our website will contribute to uniting all who live here and help to build up our community, so that people will be fulfilled in their own lives and families, and be willing to share their time and talents for the benefit of their neighbour, parish and community.

Our Priests

It is thanks to the Irish Franciscans that we have such a fine parish here.  Successive pastors have brought vision and insight to their work at the parish.  The current Pastor Fr. Michael Nicholas has been here since 2020 and is overseeing the growth and development of the parish.  Fr. Patrick Power OFM who was parish priest for many years, now assisting Fr. Michael with all issues that may arise.

Fr. Michael & Fr. Pats Profiles

Fr. Michael and Fr. Pat Profiles (134.8 KB)

History of Saint Anthony's Parish and Saint Anthony's Church (297.2 KB)