Welcome to House of Compassion

House of Compassion is a thematic church about compassion and the fight for justice. Building further on the commitment of the Brussels Beguinage community of the past decades, we strive together with our partners for more humanity, a hopeful society and a dignified life for all people, this based on the inspiration of Jesus of Nazareth and the Golden Rule.

Everyone is welcome for a meeting, celebration, art and silence.

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All of our activities are freely accessible to everyone. We make this possible thanks to your donation. Make a donation via the Friends of House of Compassion Fund to the King Baudouin Foundation account BE10 0000 0000 0404 BIC: GEBABEBB, mentioning the structured communication: +++ 623/3941/00096 +++, or via the online payment platform. You will receive a tax certificate from €40 (Belgian fiscal residence).

Contact us to find out about making donations – with tax certificate – using the Transnational Giving Europe (TGE) network or  Myriad if you are outside Europe.

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News

The right to family life

23 september 2026 Since yesterday morning, we have been welcoming five members of the collective of Palestinian families affected by the blockage of family reunification at House of Compassion. Their relatives hold a Belgian visa and an official authorization allowing them to join their families in Belgium. These five individuals have begun an indefinite hunger […]

INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE IN SUPPORT OF FAMILY REUNIFICATION

Five family members in Belgium, waiting in despair, are beginning a hunger strike. On Wednesday, September 23, at 4:30 p.m., they—along with many others in the same situation—will hold a press conference at the House of Compassion/Begijnhof Church in Brussels, Begijnhofplein: “After months of grueling uncertainty, mortal fear, sleepless nights, weekly protests, writing an open […]

Praying and Marching for the Climate

Climate March, Everyone’s Joining In! The Climate March 2026 will take place in Brussels on 11 October 2026. All Christians are invited to gather first at 12:45 p.m. for an ecumenical prayer service at House of Compassion, Beguinage Square (1000 Brussels), before joining the main march that will pass through the city centre.

World Refugee Day on 20 June

A policy that reveals its true face: families and children left on the streets. A policy that dehumanises. The right to reception is a fundamental right. There is no reception crisis — there is a crisis of solidarity. This is why we want to form a human chain: to resist the dehumanisation of people seeking […]