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Welcome to our pilgrimage church in Hallaar

Sunday 5 June, 13:00 17:00

Our Lady of Perpetual Help - 2220 (Hallaar)

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Welcome to our pilgrimage church in Hallaar, which has been dedicated to Our Lady since 1502. Every Saturday morning at 9 o'clock we still celebrate a pilgrimage mass. In the church you will find, among other things, the precious wooden statue of Mary with child from the 15th-16th century.

During this edition of Open Churches Days, you can not only enjoy the splendour of our church as a meeting place, but there will also be a photo exhibition of never-before-seen photos about life in our parish around the middle of the last century. Art, religion, history and nostalgia will go hand in hand that day, accompanied and guided by members of the church council. Perhaps you will recognise yourself, parents or grandparents...

Event address

L. Carréstraat 1, 2220 Heist-op-den-Berg (Hallaar)

Date & time

05 June 2022 - 13:00 to 17:00

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Learn more about the building

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

2220 Heist-op-den-Berg

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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

This first Hallaic church was the chapel of the castle of the Mechelen Berthouten, which already existed in 1131. The origins of the present church date back to the 14th century and it has been dedicated to Our Lady since 1502. The church has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries.

In the church, there is a miraculous, clothed and kept statue of Mary with child. This statue is said to date from the 15th or 16th century.

The golden age of pilgrimage in the 17th and 18th centuries led to renovations and embellishments of the church, which was listed as a whole, together with the cemetery, in 1976.

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