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During the Reformation, the Catholics in this region were served by Jesuits from Nijkerk. Services were held in 't Veen in the 'Sandhuysken'. Later, the residents of 't Veen came under Hoogland and went to church in Hoogland (an hour and a quarter's walk) or Amersfoort (no less than 1 to 2 hours' walk). Around 1853, the desirability of establishing a separate parish for this part of Hoogland and Hoevelaken was first mentioned. Due to all kinds of difficulties, the plans for a separate parish could not be realised until 1917. The population of Hooglanderveen had increased in the meantime, partly due to the construction of the railway. This increase in families also caused problems with regard to catechism education for children who had to travel far too far for this.

Destroyed by war in 1944.

The Jozef Arbeiderkerk is a church building in Meerssen built between 1958-1959.

The church building St. Jozef Werkman in Sleeuwijk, built in 1964 as a semi-permanent branch church but now in use as a regular parish church, belongs to the parish Joannes Nepomucenus. A second location that is mainly used for feast days is the monumental water board church in Woudrichem. The St. Jozef church, located on the Rijksstraatweg, was designed by architect J. de Jong under construction pastor S. Baselaar, ofm The first stone was laid on 15 February 1964. The building could be blessed on 28 August 1964. It is a rectangular, functional space that is only interrupted by two pillars that carry a beam that runs from front to back. Initially, the entrance was at the back, but after a renovation in 1979, the main entrance was moved to the front on the Rijksstraatweg. The portal was then converted into a sacristy.

St. Judocus, consecrated 1893, P.Th. Stornebrink. Neo-Romanesque basilica with semi-circular apses against the end gables of the transept and the choir, as well as at both ends of the side aisles. The church, built of brick, has a facade decoration with lesenes and arched friezes. Tower of four floors, separated by moldings, with arched friezes and triangular gable crowns. Apse-shaped tower portal.

Demolished. Replaced.

Tower of the Roman Catholic Church, made of rubble stone, 12th century, with superstructure of marl, 16th century. In the church, which is not on the list itself, there are, among other things, the main altar 18th century, two confessionals (1844), baptismal font (15th century), some grave crosses and tombstones.

A monumental neo-Gothic hall church from 1876 designed by Alfred Tepe, the architect of the Utrecht St. Bernulphusgilde. The church has a three-aisled hall nave and a characteristic spire on the tower. With the original stained glass by Geuer and the painted copper plates by Mengelberg, the church is a prominent part of the skyline of the village center of Beesd.

H. Kruisverheffing, 1891-1892 by A. Tepe. Three-aisled brick HALL CHURCH with tower, closely related to Tepe's St. Nicolaaskerk in IJsselstein. High altar in neo-Gothic style from the studio of FW Mengelberg. Limestone retable with reliefs and pinnacles, wooden shutters with painting. Two side altars, also from the Mengelberg studio with wooden sculpture in the retables and painted shutters. In the apse of the high choir five stained glass neo-Gothic windows. Mechanical tower clock. Has been decommissioned. Three-manual, pneumatic organ, made by the Adema company in 1927, originally made for the Roman Catholic St. Michael's Church in Zwolle, purchased in 2008 for relocation in Raalte.

In terms of urban development, this church forms a beautiful ensemble with the Reformed Breeplein Church, which is situated diagonally opposite it and also has a large tower.