{"id":1320,"date":"2023-12-16T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2023-12-16T14:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:59:04","slug":"introductie-pastor-fons-litjens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/2023\/12\/16\/introductie-pastor-fons-litjens\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction chaplain Fons Litjens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebe9e9\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January, February and March 2024 I will stand in for Father Gerard Timmermans, who\u2019s on work leave. The board of the <a href=\"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/stichting-rooms-katholiek-luchthavenpastoraat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roman Catholic Airport Chaplaincy Foundation Schiphol<\/a> has appointed me in order to continue the pastoral care for passengers. I will be available on Thursdays and Fridays weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I retired from my work as a parish deacon in 2021 after serving in many different cities in the Netherlands. I was ordained in 2007 by the diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam. I am grateful for the years I was able to minister to those who crossed my path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After my retirement I looked for new areas and new challenges, offering my skills as a volunteer and that\u2019s how I came to know about the Airport Chaplaincy work at Schiphol. The voluntary work done at the Meditation Centre suits me very well. I like to host others in a quiet place of meditation and prayer. Meanwhile I have started my PhD which focuses on the connection between psalms and art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was born in Maastricht (Limburg, south-Netherlands), am married to Fieke Klaver and we currently live in Haarlem. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is a gateway to the world and the next couple of months I hope to be a support for people in whatever kind of need. Together with two experienced colleagues, Mark Hafkenscheid and Marieke Meiring, it will succeed. \u2018Es God bleef\u2019, is a dear Limburgian saying for: \u2018If it\u2019s pleasing to God\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/2023\/12\/16\/introductie-pastor-fons-litjens\/fons_litjens\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fons_litjens.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"577,614\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"fons_litjens\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fons_litjens.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fons_litjens.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1321\" width=\"342\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fons_litjens.jpg 577w, https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fons_litjens-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fons_litjens-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January, February and March 2024 I will stand in for Father Gerard Timmermans, who\u2019s on work leave. The board of the Roman Catholic Chaplaincy Foundation has appointed me in order to continue the pastoral care for passengers. I will be available on Thursdays and Fridays weekly.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/2023\/12\/16\/introductie-pastor-fons-litjens\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Introductie pastor Fons Litjens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":210926858,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[478421],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview","entry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdr0Zm-li","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210926858"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1322,"href":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions\/1322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airportchaplaincy.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}