Quick menu:
- 1-on-1 conversation with pastors
- Walk-in moment
- Support with loss and grief
- Discussion groups
- Meditation
- Excursions and retreats
- Singing in a student choir
- Meet & Eat
- Dito dare to lunch
- Refix
- 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 moment at the HAN
At the ALL EARS walk-in on the HAN campus you are welcome with or without an appointment. To let your heart out, get acquainted or explore together a theme that concerns you. You can do so on Tuesdays around 1 pm (Kapittelweg 33, room A3.16 or ask at reception).
Prior to the drop-in moment, the weekly meditation Silence4You takes place there: on Tuesdays from 12.30 - 12.55 in A3.16. Be welcome! No need to sign up. Both activities are guided by 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. We offer 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.
Grief group
Our grief group is for university and college students who want to consciously reflect on the loss of a loved one. Because grief is often a hidden topic among students. The impact of a profound loss can be great and raises life questions. In our group, there is room for your experiences and the multifaceted feelings associated with them. We explore how you can shape the grieving process and also cope with your studies (again). We meet 5x on Friday afternoons. Inquire about the next edition or keep an eye on our agenda and Instagram page.
Grief workshop
The grief workshop is offered every season. In a small group, you can share some of your experiences and work creatively with your feelings, memories and hopes. We offer you different materials and a listening ear. Keep an eye on our calendar and instagram page for the next editions.
Individual conversation in case of loss and mourning
You can request a personal and confidential conversation with our pastors if you would like to discuss a loss experience individually. And this can be loss in the broad sense of the word, not just an (imminent) death. Think e.g. of a relationship break-up, loss of health or of a future perspective.
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.
Meditation
Come meditate at the University Chaplaincy! You can do this in our silence room or join one of our groups: Silence4You or Inside Out. 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 students at RU en HAN 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.