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Roman Catholic Church. Tower of marl. approx. 1400; the upper section decorated with trefoil frieze and corner pilasters. Three-aisled nave approx. 1850, transept and choir, 1884, neo-Gothic. In the nave three pairs of columns with Maas capitals, XV, from the old nave. Tombstone of Herman van Bronckhorst 1512. In the churchyard stone grave cross 1743. Mechanical tower clock, German type, circa 1900-1930, later fitted with electric winding.* The tower clock was lost to fire in 2004.

Important neo-Romanesque church in the Spekholzerheide district. Extension and renovation 1908. Exceptionally interesting neo-Romanesque church.

In the Schalkwijk expansion district in the southeast of Haarlem. Exceptionally important modern hall church with a sloping lean-to roof and a freestanding tower on a spacious forecourt, built to a design by JG de Groot. Consecrated in 1966. The altar extension consists of three niches halfway along the low side. The interior contains monumental modern stained glass windows and a freestanding tabernacle, all by the hand of the priest-artist Egbert Dekkers. The largest window measures 26 by 6 meters.

Important reconstruction church in neo-Romanesque forms, with the preservation of the old neo-Romanesque tower by Wennekers from 1868.

Roman Catholic parish church of St. Matthew in Eibergen. The parish of Eibergen is old. Until the Reformation, it used the old, late Gothic Matthew Church, the current Dutch Reformed Church. At the end of the eighteenth century, the Catholics of Eibergen attended church in a barn church that was served by Franciscan fathers from Zwillbrock in what was then Prussia. In 1824, a so-called water board church was built. After the restoration of the episcopal hierarchy in 1853, the water board church was replaced by a neo-Gothic church by architect Tepe. That happened in 1876.

The mainly Neo-Gothic CHURCH of the parish of Saint Matthias, founded in 1730, was built in 1730-1732 as a barn church, next to the later disappeared medieval chapel and was rebuilt in 1834-1835 in the Water Board style after a restoration in 1800. In 1890 a new choir with two transepts was built, after which the tower was raised in 1905 and clad with machine bricks. In 1929 a large-scale extension took place according to plans by HC van de Leur, with a second transept, boys' and girls' chapels and sacristy. All renovations from 1890 onwards took place in Neo-Gothic style, whereby the roof construction of the barn church from 1730-1732 was preserved. A date stone in the south aisle. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The St. Matthias Church is a Gothic temple built between the 14th-16th centuries. It is one of four Roman Catholic parish churches in the centre of Maastricht.

Built to replace the church from 1491.

Roman Catholic church, dedicated to Saint Mauritius; originally Romanesque nave with late Gothic vaults, aisles and tower 1768; choir 1926. Romanesque baptismal font. In the churchyard nine grave crosses, 1611-1777. Gravestone of Pastor Paschalis Habets, circa 1745 in front of the entrance to the parsonage garden.

Completely according to plan, the current H. Michaëlkerk (800 seats) is consecrated on 23 October 1956 by the first bishop of Groningen, Mgr. PA Nierman. At Pentecost 1955, work began on the large church building designed by architect P. Starmans. The style is mixed: it has the features of a basilica, but also large round Romanesque vaults that give the church a monumental appearance. The 40-metre-high tower will house three bells, Michael, Peter and Mary respectively. The building is 48 metres long, 20 metres wide and 16 metres high and has 800 seats. The Utrecht goldsmith's shop Van Brom provides the church with a contemporary, sleek set of tabernacle, altar cross and candlesticks. On 23 October 1956, the new bishop of Groningen, Mgr. P. Nierman, solemnly inaugurated the church building. The parish of Vollenhove is donating the panel with the image of the Holy Archangel Michael to the new church, which came from the original Michael Church in the disappeared village of Emmeloord on the island of Schokland.