Geleen, NL

Christus Koning

Interesting reconstruction church. In 1948 it was decided to establish a new parish in Geleen-South. The name was parish of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The emergency church on the Kummenaedestraat was put into use on 3 July 1949. Two years later, on 20 April 1951, the foundation stone was laid for the permanent church. The consecration took place on 14 May 1953. In January 2010, the Resurrection Church (Potterstraat) was closed for worship. The reason was that the number of volunteers was declining due to the ageing population. In addition, there were no funds to maintain the building. The purpose of the building is not yet known. The Christus Koningkerk (Kluis 19) is still in use in 2016.

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Heilige Augustinus

The parish of St. Augustine was founded in 1862 to provide the village centres of Lutterade and Krawinkel with church life. The parish church was built exactly in the middle between the two residential areas, surrounded by the cemetery. However, the church had to make way for the advancing industry of the mines. Only the cemetery remains, which is still located on the Groenseijkerstraat to this day. In 1935, the new parish church was completed on the Prins de Lignestraat. The national monument is popularly known as the 'two-tower church'. The parish of St. Augustine has been working together with other parishes in Geleen for quite some time. Around 2000, part of the former parish of the H.Hart (Paterskerk) was transferred to the Augustinus. In the years that followed, various partnerships were set up. As a result, an intensive exchange has already grown in the pastoral fields. As a true central church, the Augustinus unites many social lines and has become a church building that has something to offer to many believers due to its size and possibilities. The church is also open every afternoon between 14:00 and 16:00.

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