In the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Hope, you can discover the wonderful history of the region. A lot of people these days are researching their family tree to find out where they come from.
However, if you do that for the village of Maria Hoop, you will end up with wonderful things. The village, parish and church share the same name. How did that happen? The Church of Our Lady of the Holy Hope was built when the Passionist Fathers, a Catholic order that hardly exists in the Netherlands, moved into the Passionist Monastery in 1925.
They venerate Mary as the one who brings hope into the world, because she gave the world Jesus. This is where the church and parish take their name. However, this fact was so special for the community that the village was also baptized Maria Hoop. The church is built in a sober expressionist style, as was common in the 1920s.
A lot less sober are the stained glass windows, in which you can recognize not only the history of the faith, but also local stories. Take a closer look and discover the wonderful history of the region. You can see the Limburg farmers and miners, who are immortalized in the beautiful colors of the stained glass around their patron saints.
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