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Roman Catholic parish church of St. Engelmundus in the prosperous village of Driehuis, built to replace a so-called water board church . Important, extremely atmospheric village church in terms of interior, with many interesting details: paintings and stained glass windows. In 1943, much was lost in a fire in the sacristy, vestments and candlesticks. The stained glass windows were destroyed by an explosion in a bunker.

Interesting interbellum church, in the hamlet of 't Kruis, in the southeast of Heerhugowaard. Extensively renovated and modernized in 1966, in particular by "finishing" a front facade (on the site of a bell tower that was once designed but never built), with bells hung on that front facade in a remarkable way. The choir section from 1923, with four stained glass windows from that period, above which a roof turret, has remained intact.

Situated on a detached, rectangular plot is the Roman Catholic Parish Church of the Holy Family from 1921-1922, designed by architect Jan Stuyt. The plot also contains a parish house and the construction shed that was preserved after construction.

The Holy Family Church, designed by Rudolf Schwarz and Josef Bernard, was built in Alt-Oberhausen from 1955 to 1958. It features a central altar, colorful glass panels, and now serves as a food distribution center for the Oberhausener Tafel since 2008.

Before this church was consecrated on 7 August 1877, there was already an auxiliary church in the Eierlandpolder that dated from 1841, which was a former smithy. The current church was built by order of the Antwerp resident Nicolas Joseph De Cock, the initiator of the reclamation of Eierland. The church was named after his wife Francisca de Cock and dedicated to Saint Francisca Romana. Architect Bijvoets from Amsterdam designed the building, contractor Leendert van der Ploeg from Zierikzee would build the church for f 20,980. However, the contractor went bankrupt during construction and extra money had to be found for completion. This church is the second oldest Catholic church on the island of Texel.

Former church hall of the Apostolic Society. The building dates from 1910.

The current church replaced the adjacent old church (1838), because it had become too small. It is a single-nave church with a wide nave in expressionist forms. Front tower with saddle roof. Painting of the chancel by J. Collette; stained glass windows by the studio Nicolas & Zn. in Roermond (1922) and by H. Oidtmann in Linnich (D); Stations of the Cross by Ch. Eyck (1958).

Steenwijksmoer's church was built in 1932, thanks to the efforts of pastor Slosser who had saved a considerable sum of money in a limited number of years by begging sermons in various churches, and tens of thousands of begging letters. An amount of ƒ 79,820,— was spent on the construction of the church and rectory. A cemetery and a Catholic school were also laid out in the village. The church building is a characteristic example of a Christocentric church space with a wide nave. In 1939, the murals on the triumphal arch, behind the altar (Last Supper) and around the main portal were painted by Jacob Ydema (1901-1990).

The St. Francis Church in Groningen was put into use on January 23, 1934 as the parish church of the St. Francis Parish. The church was consecrated on July 4, 1934 by Mgr. Janssen, Archbishop of Utrecht. After more than 60 years of independence, the Francis Parish merged with three other Roman Catholic parishes in Groningen in 1996 to form the St. Martin Parish, and the St. Francis Church is one of the two remaining church facilities.

A sober neo-Gothic church with tower on the outside and richly decorated on the inside. Built in 1882 at the same time as the adjacent rectory in neo-Gothic style to a design by architect Evert Margry (1841 - 1891), a follower of the famous architect Pierre Cuypers (1827 - 1921). The original, richly decorated interior is still intact. The garden was a cemetery from 1820 to 1827. The large memorial stone in the garden wall is a reminder of this.