Heilige Familiekerk

Heilige Familiekerk is a church located at Sint Willibrordusstraat 19, 3768 CP Soest, Netherlands.

• The church has been an important place of worship for centuries and is dedicated to the Holy Family.

The church building itself holds the status of gemeentelijk monument in the municipality of Soest, province of Utrecht. Since 2011, the church and its faith community have formed part of the Roman Catholic parish HH. Martha en Maria.

1. The church was designed by architects A. (Clemens) Hardeman and Arnold Brouwer.
2. The building stands nestled between St. Willibrordus- and Bonifaciusstraat.
3. Next to the main tower, two octagonal side chapels stand tall.
4. At the eastern end of the church, a high and narrow choir stands proud.
5. In the two annexes that intersect with it, one finds the sacristy.

The tower features an enclosed portico with a rose window above made of glass in lead, as well as a wrought-iron cross atop its spire. The copper pulpit dates back to 1940.

• In 1944, Abram Stokhof de Jong created a wall painting on brick titled “De lijdende, strijdende en zegevierende Kerk��� (The suffering, struggling and triumphant Church).
• He also crafted glass-in-lead windows for the church building.

Behind the church stands the parsonage. It features an enclosed portico with glass-in-lead window treatments above.

Closure of the Church

During a service on August 16, 2020, it was announced that the Heilige Familiekerk would be closed. The last worship service took place on Sunday, October 3, 2021. Subsequently, the sacred vessels, Holy Bible, and Holy Oils were solemnly removed from the church by the pastors and transported in a carriage to the Petrus en Pauluskerk in Soest, where the worship service was concluded.