Johannes de Doperkerk - Hoofdstraat 36

Very beautiful ..... And her story is interesting

A beautiful church. Two towers add charm to this place. Amen

Beautiful catholic church. An iconic building for the Kaatsheuvel community. Wonderful to photograph from a distance.

The Sint Jan (Johannes the Baptist) on the Hoofdstraat is now almost a hundred years old. This church was built in 1913 as a neo-gothic design by the famous Tilburg architect Cornelis van Hoof (1861-1952) who, in addition to houses, also designed ecclesiastical buildings. He is known of the monastery in Simpelveld, various houses in Tilburg, the front of the Heikese church in Tilburg (the church at the theater), the Laurentiuskerk in Ulvenhout, the schoolmaster's house in De Moer, but also the Theresiaschool in Kaatsheuvel. At the time, the construction of the Sint Jan cost fl. 168,000.00 - 20% more expensive than budgeted, although stones, tiles and parts of the interior of the adjacent Waterstaat church were used. The new Sint Jan was built because Kaatsheuvel grew very fast. The village now had 5,000 inhabitants and had a rich Catholic life. The Waterstaatskerk In the late Middle Ages, church work was done in Loon op Zand and in Sprang, until Sprang Church fell into Protestant hands in 1609. The Catholics of Kaatsheuvel could now go to church in a farm on the spot where the Nieuwe Markt is now. That century, the Catholic church was forbidden by the Protestants. Catholics were not allowed to build churches again until 1736, but with restrictions. This is how the barn churches came into being, so called because there were no towers and windows in them. The barn church of Kaatsheuvel was where the parish center now stands. Finally, the first stone church was built in 1835: the Waterstaatskerk, so called because the Ministry of Water Management had authority over the design. This church was dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. Two altars were purchased from the Augustinian Church in Hasselt in 1840. The organ was purchased in 1854. It was built by Vollebregt from Den Bosch, the case was from Peeters from Antwerp. In total, the organ cost NLG 10,000. The organ is now in St. John's It is more or less the same with the Stations of the Cross that were bought in 1890. The maker was Hugo Kohl from Roermond. Between 1895 and 1898, he and his son would paint the ceiling of the church in Tienray, North Limburg. This Stations of the Cross can also be seen in the current Sint Jan. In 1911 Pastor Völker suggested plans for new construction. The old church of 1836 was so small that people were pegs like pegs, Jan Beerens said in 1978. Architect Cornelis van Hoof was invited to make the design. Construction started on the other side of the parsonage in 1912. On July 5, 1913, the church, which stood next to the Waterstaatskerk, was consecrated. In the war of 14-18, the old church still housed the horses and howitzers of the soldiers billeted in Kaatsheuvel. The towers are 60 meters high, the church itself is 70 meters long and 40 meters wide. The St. Jan is the largest church in the diocese after the St. Jan in Den Bosch. The entire church was renovated in 1975. For example, there was a podium in front of the altar, the seats were reduced from 1200 to 750 seats. Immediately after the withdrawal of worship from the St. Joseph Church in Kaatsheuvel in January 2005, the left aisle in St. John was furnished as St. Joseph chapel as a tribute to the parishioners who formed the St. Joseph parish before the merger date of January 1, 2002. In this space, celebrations regularly take place for a small group of people. The pastors from St. John to the current pastor J. Groos. Between 1796 and 1999 there were eleven pastors in the St. Jan. Until 1796 the Catholics of Kaatsheuvel fell under the priest of Loon op Zand, although from 1736 there were HH. Masses were dedicated in the Kaatsheuvelse barn church. With the arrival of the French in 1795, much changed for the Catholics in the Netherlands; there will be more freedom of religion. And in 1796 the Kaatsheuvelse parish was founded. The first parish priest is Adriaan Huijgens, who at that time was a parish priest in Loon op Zand.

A very beautiful historic church

Beautiful church!

A very nice church, although I am an unbeliever, has made an impression. It is a pity that it was locked inside.