Heilige Jozef

In the southern district of Heerlerbaan there was already the St. Joseph Church, but during the expansion of the district the need arose for a second church. Construction pastor Widdershoven commissioned architect Laurens Bisscheroux to design an intimate church. It took some effort to get the design, a church under an artificial hill, that had to blend in with the landscape, approved. The main contractor was Wilma Weert BV. On 13 November 1977 the church was blessed by dean P. Jochems. The church served as a forerunner of Bisscheroux's paintings. In 1984 the parish received permission from the DCPB to place a simple steel bell tower behind the church. Over the years the pond at the church was drained and the hill sounded. As a result the hill has become about a metre lower and the top is no longer on the roof but right next to it. After a thorough renovation of the church the pond can now be used again. At the same time, the roof of the large entrance was replaced by a glass roof, allowing more light to enter the church.

Neo-Romanesque church situated on a hill with two towers on either side of the transept.

The second architect was H. Teeken (1900-1950): 'a sober technical and conscientious counterpart of the artist Frits Peutz'. The church would become the new main church of the Eastern Mining Region with a thousand seats. The church is centrally located in the Bekkerveld district, on the edge of a grass field of the same name.