The Belgian delegation met on the feast of Christ the King at the Church of Saint Jacques-sur-Coudenberg.
The Pontifical Mass was celebrated in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Lorenzo of Belgium, Bailiff of the Order’s Grand Cross.
His Most Reverend Excellency Monsignor Noël Treanor, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Down & Conner, Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union, celebrated, while Monsignor Willen van der Valk, Representative of our Order in the Netherlands, Monsignor Jean – Baptiste Itaruma, Councillor of the Apostolic Nunciature to the European Union, Reverend Pleban Robrecht Boone, representative of the Holy See to the International Committee of Military Medicine and Reverend Abbate Ivo Celis concelebrated.
His Serene Highness Prince Charles-Louis d’Arenberg, Knight Grand Cross of Justice, and Delegate of the Kingdom of Belgium, assisted by the Consul General Gunnar Riebs, Knight Grand Cross of Merit, Deputy Delegate of the Kingdom of Belgium, welcomed all the distinguished guests.
After the religious ceremony the Knights of the Order and other guests took part in a formal lunch at the “Cercle Royal Gaulois”.
BELGIUM: RELIGIOUS CEREMONY