Heilige Martinus

In 1933 the parish was founded and separated from the parish of Beek. That year the rectory was also built to the design of architect Stephan Dings from Beek. In the period 1936-1937 the church was built to the design of architect Alphons Boosten from Maastricht. The church was designed inspired by the façade of the Romanesque Basilica of Our Lady in Maastricht and was built in a romantic-modernist style. The church is considered one of the most important exponents of the so-called Limburg Reveil, a regional art movement from the Interbellum that often found its inspiration in a self-confident, personal and romantic approach to its own native region. Artists who contributed to the creation of the church building are Henri Jonas, Charles Eyck, Joep Nicolas, Charles Vos, Gisèle Waterschoot van der Gracht, Jacques Verheyen, Jef Scheffers, Yvonne Trypels and Eugène Quanjel.

The old parish church dedicated to Saint Augustine ended up on the edge of the village due to the digging of the Juliana Canal between 1921 and 1935. For the canal, 50 houses around the church were demolished. After the Second World War, Elsloo expanded strongly to the east. It was clear that a second church would have to be built, which would be more centrally located. The Augustine Church would become a subsidiary church of the new Godshuis. In October 1952, architect Dings investigated whether it would be possible to expand the old church. This turned out to be impossible due to the soil conditions. The question arose as to where this new church should be built. The chosen building location was between the field road Elserheggen (now Dorine Verschureplein/Bandkeramiekerstraat) and the Koolweg. In June 1953, pastor Bertin brought architect Dings to the vote in the church council, which almost unanimously appointed him as the architect of the new church. The diocese joined that choice. Pastor Bertin made a pilgrimage to Lourdes that year to prepare himself spiritually for his task as a construction pastor. The tender took place on 11 March 1958. Contractor Schreurs from Sittard was the lowest bidder. The first stone was laid on 22 June of that year. On 25 October 1959, Mgr. Moors consecrated the church.

Roman Catholic Church and parsonage of St. Callistus in Neerbeek, 1933, designed by architect AJ Kropholler in Wassenaar. Built in a sober traditional architectural style influenced by the Delft School, which sought a new interpretation of the traditional norms and values ​​of the past as a reaction to the modern architecture of the Nieuwe Bouwen. The Callistus Church is situated at the intersection of Aldenhofstraat and Laurentiusstraat / Callistusplein and is also fully oriented to the east. The engineering firm Henri Huydts in Maastricht acted as the structural engineer. The northern transept of the church was not built. In 1982, the southern transept was converted into a day chapel, with the pointed arch-shaped dividing arch between the choir and transept being closed with yellow, clean brickwork. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.