Franziskuswoche 2026

From September 30 to October 10, 2026, the parish invites you to its first Franziskuswoche. Around the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, visitors can look forward to a diverse program with church services, concerts, spiritual inspirations, family activities, meetings, and creative events for all generations. Everyone interested is warmly invited to join the various events and experience Franziskuswoche together.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

All day: Silent adoration in the chapel of the Marienhaus campus

9:00 AM: Opening Mass in Gusenburg, followed by breakfast

1:30 PM: Intercultural walk "Experience Hermeskeil"

7:30 PM: Opening concert with the Baroque ensemble Moxos from Bolivia at the Kulturkloster Hermeskeil

Thursday, October 1, 2026

All day: Silent adoration in the chapel of the Marienhaus campus

2:30 PM: Walk by the St. Wendalinus daycare to the St. Antonius chapel in Prosterath

6:00 PM: Eucharistic celebration with the beginning of perpetual adoration in the chapel of the Marienhaus campus, followed by the opening of the photo exhibition "God in Creation" with refreshments

Friday, October 2, 2026

All day: Silent adoration in the chapel of the Marienhaus campus

2:00 PM: Children sing favorite songs (open singing) at MGH Hermeskeil

From 3:30 PM: Anniversary celebration "10 years of Church in the National Park"

6:00 PM: Eucharistic adoration in Geisfeld

Saturday, October 3, 2026

All day: Silent adoration in the chapel of the Marienhaus campus

6:00 PM: "Germany sings" at Kulturkloster Hermeskeil

7:45 PM: Transitus at the hour of the death of St. Francis, followed by Go(o)d Night

9:30 PM: Compline with individual blessing

Sunday, October 4, 2026

All day: Silent adoration in the chapel of the Marienhaus campus

From 10:30 AM: Feast of St. Francis, central Sunday Mass in Heidenburg

6:00 PM: Devotion to the Canticle of the Sun with peace prayer by the Kolping family Hermeskeil in the Erzberg chapel Hermeskeil

The full program with all event descriptions and further information is available online at: www.kirche-im-hochwald.de/franziskuswoche.