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A church in Maasbracht was already mentioned in 1265. The tower is from the 14th century, although some believe that it was built in the 13th century. In 1695 the church was enlarged and then offered space for 600 believers. In 1785 another expansion took place and in 1867 a porch was added. In 1890 a new church was built to a design by Jules Kayser. This church was badly damaged by British artillery fire at the end of 1944. After that temporarily in the emergency church in the Sientjes hall . In 1949 new construction while retaining the old tower. In 1948-1949 a new church was built, with Alphons Boosten as the architect. In 1950-1951 the tower was restored.

Roman Catholic parish church of St. Gertrudis from 1897. Three-aisled neo-Gothic cruciform basilica with high, slender west tower. Characteristic work in the oeuvre of PJ van Genk, mainly influenced by early French Gothic. Interior with wooden cross-ribbed vaults. More modern glazing in the choir. This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

The Roman Catholic Church of St. Gregory, Rectory and Entrance Gate were built in 1886 to a design by G. te Riele Wzn (1833-1911) in the Neo-Gothic style. G. te Riele worked between 1870 and 1897 mainly in Overijssel and Gelderland, where he built about twenty Neo-Gothic churches. He was the father of Cuypers pupil Wolter te Riele.

New Roman Catholic parish church of St. Gregory the Great, built in the early 1960s to replace the nearby neo-Romanesque predecessor that had to be demolished due to mine damage.

St. Gummarus, 1900-1902, Pierre Cuypers (1827 - 1921). Construction led by Joseph Cuypers (1861 - 1949) and Jan Stuyt (1868 - 1934) who radically changed the preliminary design from 1899. Three-aisled basilica with a centralising floor plan, which widens towards the transept through the addition of chapels. Heavy round crossing tower, flanked by square corner turrets. Three-part windows, rectangular pillars and arches. Net vaults over the main naves. The structural parts in the interior are executed as fair-work in yellow brick, the wall surfaces are plastered. Restored after severe war damage 1949-1950. Bell frame with clock by Gebr. Van Bergen, Midwolda, station clock from 's Hertogenbosch, ±1920, diam. 33 cm.

Three-aisled church with basilica layout and front tower, built in 1876 in neo-Romanesque style to a design by P. Soffers. In the lateral extensions with the same height as the aisles, double transept-like spaces are included. On either side of the choir, the aisles are terminated by cross-placed chapels.

Early December 1903, the former Roman Catholic church of St. Henricus was consecrated. The church and rectory were built at the point where the Scholtenskanaal flows into the Van Echtenskanaal. Because the foundation and the floor showed defects, a new church was built on the Stellingstraat in 1964. When the new St. Henricuskerk was put into use, the organ from the old church was moved to the new one. It was not a success. The organ was clearly too small for the much larger church. In April 2005, a second organ was placed in the St. Henricuskerk. It came from the (closed as a Roman Catholic church) Christus Koningkerk in The Hague. The organ was officially put into use on 18 December 2005. (51-04/54-05/55-06)

The rectory of the HH Hieronymus and Antonius was established on 4 April 1944. LCH Obers was appointed pastor, later succeeded by PJ Deckers. Architect Franssen had already made a sketch plan for the construction of a church with a rectory at the end of 1944. The church was put out to tender in May 1948. The lowest bidder was the firm Schroën en Zonen in Roermond. The first stone was laid on 5 September 1948. A request from pastor Deckers in November 1948 to also immediately build the tower, baptismal chapel, etc. in view of the progress of the work was not honored. The blessing took place on 10 April 1949. The tower was never built. The fact that the church remained unfinished is probably the reason that it was never consecrated.

Extraordinarily important neo-Gothic church, one of the two (together with the St. Lambertuskerk in Rotterdam-Kralingen) remaining Roman Catholic neo-Gothic churches in 2023, which are actively used as church buildings in Rotterdam. Extension with tower and nave 1904-1905, AAJ Margry and JM Snickers. In 2002, this beautiful church was designated a national monument. Architecturally, this church is extra interesting because of the similarity, in terms of structure of the front facade, with a main tower in the middle and two side towers on either side, with the Roman Catholic St. Bonifatiuskerk in Zaandam; such neo-Gothic "westworks" do not occur elsewhere in the Netherlands. Historically, this church is extremely interesting in terms of name, because it is the only St. Hildegardiskerk in the Netherlands. Hildegardis was / is one of the first female saints in the Roman Catholic Church.

The first Catholic church was a clandestine church in the hamlet of Teckop, dating from around 1645. In 1854-1855 a new church was built on the Mijzijde in Kanis. (The old clandestine church was subsequently demolished in 1857).