No Mass has been celebrated at St. Severinus Church since June 2020.
The church -together with the adjacent rectory and former coach house- will become part of a multifunctional accommodation (MFA). This is where all possible forms of recreation, culture, education, care, integration and sport, should come together.
Cultural-historical values should - rightly - be respected, so a balance was sought between 'old' and 'new'. For example, the historical components (such as the façades and the stepped structure) of the former coach house, rectory and church each have their own specific function and significance. In short: the whole must not fall apart.
And that means that only certain parts of the church and carriage house may be demolished. That took quite a bit of thinking, doesn't it seem to me?
Now -March 2021- I get a somewhat sad feeling at the sight of that lonely facade of the coach house (see drawing). It does provide a nice picture. But the background -and with it the underlying story-, is gone forever.
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Karen Nijst has lived in and near her beloved hometown of Maastricht for many years. She currently works as a web developer (Kahlo Websites in Hapert, Brabant) and is responsible for both programming and graphic design . The latter has undoubtedly influenced some of the drawings you can see.. Read more…