St. Willibrord Church

The St. Willibrord Church is a Roman Catholic church in St. Willebrord.
A parish was established and a church was built in 1841. Since 1885, St. Willebrord has been a place of pilgrimage, and that year a Lourdes grotto was constructed. A new church was built in 1925. The original design by Pastor Bastiaansen, a representation of the basilicas of Lourdes, was developed by the architect Hubert van Groenendael. There is a procession park in front of the church.
It is a three-nave cruciform church in neo-Gothic style with a high crossing tower and four corner towers. The church has two chapels and various stained glass windows. It is a National Monument.
In the interior, among other things, there is the chapel with a procession statue adorned with jewelry. In the niches are various statues and paintings. The oldest is a painting by P. van Schendel from 1851, depicting Mary with Child. In the choir, there is the baptismal font by A.I. Marae from 1842 and a Triumph Cross from the 19th century. There are various neo-Gothic saint statues, including polychrome wooden figures such as that of St. Barbara and Anna with Mary from the previous century and plaster figures of St. Anthony of Padua.

Wim Blankers