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Historic church with beautiful roof turret. Destroyed by fire in 1862, then rebuilt. Destroyed by war in 1944. Rebuilt and expanded in 1952.

Since the 12th century, there has been a religious community of Christians in Helvoirt. In the beginning, they met in a chapel (from 1192). This chapel was renovated several times and around 1375 a Romanesque church was built. Around 1510, after major renovations, this church was given its current Gothic form (The 'Old Church' on the Van Grevenbroeckstraat). With the Reformation, this church passed into the hands of the Reformed in 1648. The Roman Catholic community built another church around 1675, this time on the Dreef. This was a barn church with clay walls and a thatched roof. Later in 1724, this would be replaced by a new barn church, now with stone walls. In 1840, the Waterstaatskerk came into use for the parish. On 30 April 1901, the foundation stone was laid for the current neo-Gothic St. Nicholas Church, which was officially consecrated on 5 October 1903. The church was built under the architecture of architect JHH van Groenendael, and was placed on the list of the National Service for the Conservation of Monuments as a recognised national monument in 1974.

Its oldest building stood in Huisduinen. At that time it was the seat of the government. In 1800 it was demolished as a result of war actions during the English-Russian invasion south of Huisduinen.

Beautiful neo-Gothic church without a real tower, therefore no role in the village image. The current church replaced a neo-Gothic church from 1861. Consecrated in 1905. Three-aisled neo-Gothic hall church without transept. Tower, right of the front facade, unfinished. Left of the front facade a staircase turret. Interesting late neo-Gothic church, in the style of churches by architect A. Tepe. In the choir beautiful stained glass windows, made by studio F. Nicolas & Zn, from 1906. Exterior and interior were restored in 3 phases in the years 2000-2010.

Late Gothic pseudo-basilica, with west tower and two western bays from 1847-19th and wide side aisles, built in 1927 to replace the Gothic ones, which were narrower. Short five-sided closed choir, 16th. Decorative vault paintings in choir and nave, 1507. Communion rail, 18th; two confessionals, respectively 1704 and 1773; marble baptismal font, 19th century; pulpit, 19th century; pews, 19th century, porch, 18th century. Wooden statues: St. Joseph, 15th century; calvary group, 16th century; St. Lucia, 17th century, crucifix, circa 1700, Madonna, circa 1700, in the churchyard fragment of a gravestone, 17th century and stone grave crosses, 1604-1761.

St. Nicolaas, 1885-1887, JD van de Weide. Neo-Gothic cruciform basilica with a two-storey tower with balustrade, spire and pinnacles, supported by perpendicular and diagonal buttresses. Brick-built cluster pillars on hardstone bases, cross-ribbed vaults. A star vault over the crossing. Rose windows in the west facade of the tower and in the end gables of the transept. Plastered wall surfaces, structural parts treated as fair work. Neo-Baroque communion bench, now converted into an altar; neo-Gothic interior with the exception of the pulpit still present. A bronze baptismal font by the Brom brothers from 1933, carried by four prophets. Tub and lid with twelve biblical scenes and crowned with the scene of the baptism of Christ. Mechanical tower clock B. Eijsbouts, Asten, 1925, no. 871, later fitted with electric winding.

Interesting early neo-Gothic church from 1867. Three-aisled pseudo-basilica. Iconic neo-Gothic tower from 1887 designed by EJ Margry.

New Roman Catholic parish church for Haren, consecrated in 1959. Hall church on an asymmetrical floor plan, with a roof that slopes gently towards the apse, symbolically creating the shape of a ship. On the north side there is a side aisle closed off by a stained glass wall with main portal, baptismal chapel and a small bell tower. An important work in the oeuvre of JAA Dresmé, also a remarkable and important example of (liturgical) innovation in Roman Catholic church building around 1960, stylistically slightly influenced by the work of Le Corbusier. As an example of post-war Roman Catholic church building in the province of Groningen, the church has a rarity value.

This church was a neo-Gothic cruciform church by father and son Van Groenendael, probably in collaboration with mgr. H. Wouters, director of the Episcopal College in Weert and a brother of the pastor in Meijel. The church thus obtained was called the 'cathedral of the Peel' because of its beauty and large size. Because the new church was built on the same site as the old one, the parish was dependent on an emergency church, which remained in use from 1901 until the blessing of the new building in 1904. The church was not yet fully furnished upon completion, a process that continued until 1944.

Modest modern church building, with detached metal bell tower.