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The Magis Network Belgium has launched online weeks of accompanied prayer for 18-35 year olds under the name SEPAC (SEmaine de Prière ACompagnée) in Brussels. The objective? To allow each participant to taste a long prayer during a week and to reread this prayer with the help of daily accompaniment. The approach was successful and is being renewed in the form of a four-week journey during Lent.

The SEPAC project (Week of Accompanied Prayer) is supported by the Magis Belgium Network and the Brussels Youth Ministry. Thirty-five retreatants participated in the first edition and were accompanied by about fifteen guides (Jesuits, religious and lay people).

Very quickly, we had found the formula "SEPAComme d'habitude" (Sepa As Usual) to qualify this week.

- The format: a completely online approach given the health circumstances. The "virtual" approach made it possible to bring together people who would not otherwise have participated. Because one can pray together, even through a screen;

- The participants: the contemplative prayer process was new for more than one person.

New horizons are discovered when we dedicate time to prayer, which can then be fully developed. We discover new horizons when we develop a taste for it and wish to place God more and more at the heart of our lives. We also discover new horizons through the exchange and sharing with the other person ( guide or participant). A special feature of this edition, although most of the participants were from Brussels, part of the audience came from very different backgrounds: Brussels, Belgium and France.  

In order to explore these new horizons, a four-week accompanied prayer journey was launched to "pray in Lent".

Testimonies :

"I discovered all the richness of Scripture, how much God reaches me through his word. "(Gwenaëlle)

"It's a beautiful moment of renewal and (re-)discovery. "(Thibault)

Pierre Charles de LA BROUSSE and Caroline VITAL

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