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Mass Time
Weekday Mass
Weekday Mass will resume 13 September
Reconciliation
By appointment
Weekends in church
Sunday 10AM and 5:30PM
Mass Time
Weekday Mass
Weekday Mass will resume 13 September
Reconciliation
By appointment
Weekends in church
Sunday 10AM and 5:30PM
Watch Mass
Every Sunday morning we stream our Mass live for you to follow from the comfort and safety of your own home. It is also available for replay.
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RE Registration for 2024/2025 is now open!
You can now register your child(ren) for our Religious Education classes for the 2024/2025 school year. This includes children who will participate in the First Holy Communion preparation program. More information about our children’s religious education classes can be found here.
Registration is also now open for our Confirmation preparation program
Our Mission Statement
We, The International English Speaking Roman Catholic Parish “Church of Our Saviour” in The Hague aim to share our assets, talents, and opportunities as a continuation of Christ’s mission. Through the wide variety of cultures and international networks, our inclusive parish offers a unique opportunity to translate the values of the Gospel in concrete initiatives to promote justice and peace. We promote a spirituality that is geared to respect people, planet, and sustainability. The inclusion of all people of good will is a constant guideline for our religious formation programs, personal witness, and community initiatives.
With parishioners from over 70 different countries, we are a large International English speaking Roman Catholic Parish based in The Hague, the Netherlands. You are very welcome to join us!
Inspirational Thoughts
Monthly Inspirational- May 2021
The month of May is usually a month of many festivities. Weddings, First Communions, and Confirmations are all planned long in advance. Even though the terraces and shops in The Hague are slowly starting to re-open again and more people are getting vaccinated, Corona still influences a large part of the way we live. Many weddings are postponed for a second time and other happy celebrations are done with very small numbers. One of the other festivities for this month is the crowning of Our Lady on Mother’s Day. The devotion to Mary when spring is in full bloom has been a custom in the Church for many years. The tradition dates back to the ancient Greeks who dedicated the month of May to Artemis, the goddess of fecundity. The Romans also claimed May to honor Flora, the goddess of bloom or blossoms. The month itself was named after the Greek Goddess of fertility, Maia. Apart from the above reasons to enjoy life in May, we have other good reasons to celebrate, starting on the 1st of May, the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. We honor all labourers on that day and support them in their right to fair pay and working conditions. On the 4th and 5th, we give thanks to those who died and worked for our freedom in The Netherlands. We are also happy that the Bishop will confirm our youth on Ascension Thursday, the 13th, and 9 days later we celebrate Pentecost on the 23rd. In other words, life is good in May! Looking back at the end of April, we had another remarkable event on Sunday the 25th. The statue, The Hollow Men, was inaugurated in our church garden. It was erected to honour the many unidentified refugees who died during their flight to safety, but were never mourned. To do justice to their lives and their families, this statue helps us raise awareness. Its...
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