In the mid-20th century, Bishop Fulton Sheen dominated American television and radio with his passionate speeches on virtually every possible theological topic. At the height of his fame, he reached tens of millions of people each week and won an Emmy Award for Television Personality of the Year.
While interest in him never fully disappeared, the rise of YouTube and later social media has led to a remarkable resurgence of attention to his work in recent years.
The image Fulton Sheen presents of himself throughout his sixty books and near-endless recordings is not that of a major star, but of a humble servant of God with a deeply lived faith in the sacrifice Christ made to redeem every human being, and a boundless devotion to Mary.
Today, looking back across decades of postmodern deconstruction and against a misunderstood ideal of freedom, Sheen’s voice sounds like a critical warning not to discard all acquired values and time-tested principles that have been proven by generations.
He also has relevant things to say about materialism and the cult of self-creation, about today’s brutal political populism, or about the wave of despair overwhelming many young people – especially now that this generation can look back at the past with some distance.
On 24 September 2026, Fulton Sheen will be beatified in St. Louis, USA, in front of an audience of one hundred thousand believers. On this occasion, you are warmly welcome at Zomaar een dak for various activities.
Programme
- 17:00 | Fulton Sheen: Life and Work, Beatification, Introduction to his Ideas (lecture by pastor Gert Van Langendonck)
- 19:00 | Eucharist celebration (presided by Anton Milh)
- 20:00 | Hot dogs and ice cream for all students
- 21:00 | Live stream of the beatification
Practical information
- Activities in Dutch and English
- Date: Thursday 24 September 2026
- Location: All activities take place at Zomaar een dak (Stadscampus | Prinsstraat 32 – 2000 Antwerpen), except for the Eucharist celebration (Ignatius chapel – Stadscampus | Prinsstraat 13 a – 2000 Antwerpen)
- Free admission