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Ria van den Heuvel

October 25, 2023

Handel's processional park is an early 20th-century processional park behind the Notre-Dame-Tenhemelop

community church in the Dutch town of Handel, in the province of North Brabant.

In the 18th century, the Handelse Procession started, an annual pilgrimage from Valkenswaard to Our Lady of Handel, a statue of grace in the Handelse church. Rector Johannes van de Laarschot (1838-1916) had a new church tower built at the beginning of the 20th century and the church was expanded on the east side with side aisles. He also had the chapels along the Kèskesdijk renovated. In 1904 he took the initiative to build a procession park behind the church, which he believed would promote pilgrimage. He was given permission on the condition that it would not cost the church any money. He raised the necessary money through donations.

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October 25, 2023

The Rosary Road was constructed in the outer ring of the procession park, along which fifteen neo-Gothic chapels with scenes from the life of Mary were placed between 1906 and 1910. The chapels were made in the studio of J. Niklaus-Bochaert. On the occasion of Rector Van de Laarschot's silver jubilee in 1908, he was presented with the Benedictine Chapel. The chapel was placed among the rosary chapels.

A winding Way of the Cross was constructed in the inner ring. The fourteen stations were made in artificial stone in 1918-1919 by the Van Balgooy company from Nijmegen. After the Second World War, three stations were created by sculptor Manus Evers as a replacement.

Source and more information: nl.m.wikipedia.org

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May 16, 2021

The processional garden of the church in Handel has been added since 1904 as a destination to the pilgrimages in honor of Mary.

The processional garden with statues was created when more and more people visited this destination.

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Location: Gemert-Bakel, North Brabant, Netherlands

Procession Park Handel

1. Procession Park Handel – De Perekker Nature Reserve loop from Handel

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