Contact English Speaking Community

Holy Masses
Ruby Cumba
+31 6 52310225

English Choir St. John the Baptist
Siobhan Kerr
+31 6 15828233

StreamTeam & Catecheses
Marcel van Lochem
+31 6 51308826

Parish Office

For all your questions, registration, intentions for mass etc.
Kruisweg 1073 – 2131CT Hoofddorp
Phone: 023-5638145
Email: secretariaat@hjoannesdedoper.nl
Open: Monday to Fridays 09:00 am -12:00 pm

Masses & Prayer

Holy Mass
Saturday 07:00 pm (dutch)
Sunday 10:00 am (dutch)
Sunday 12:00 pm English Holy Mass

Lauden & Eucharist
Elke woensdag 08:00 uur
Pastorie SVD

Praying Rosary
11:30 uur every Tuesday (dutch)
7:30 pm Praying Rosary every wednesday (English) chapel

Eucharistic Adoration
Every first Fridayvrijdag
of the month
11:00 uur

Eucaristía en Español
Todos los primeros domingos del mesA las 14.00 horas

Livestreams
Englisg Sunday Mass can also be followed via Livestream on our YouTube kanaal.

Church  open for prayer
van 11:00am-12:00 pm.

Catholic Church H. Joannes de Doper Hoofddorp
St. John the Baptist Church & Parish

Our church was built in 1856 in Hoofddorp and is now a flourishing parish with more than 10,000 parishioners, six choirs and over 300 volunteers. The parish is a true international community with people from over 40 countries. The parish consists of a beautiful Church, parish house with a chapel on the first floor. Here you can find also the Parish Office for all your questions.

Our parish is also the home to a small congretation of SVD (Societas Verbi Divini). Divine Word Missionaries. Four fathers of SVD are supporting the parish and other missionary tasks within the SVD society in The Netherlands.

Love of our NEIGHBOR FINDS ITS HIGHEST EXPRESSION IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL. FOR SUCH A CAUSE, NO SACRIFICE IS TOO GREAT.”

ST. ARNOLD JANSSEN
Founder of Societas Verbi Divini (SVD)

Meditations and Prayer at the Stations of the Cross every Friday

During Lent, we hold a meditation every Friday at the 14 Stations of the Cross. The leader is Father Eko, and each week he will be assisted by a different guest speaker.

In this year, in which we are all called pilgrims of hope, we will pause at each station of the Cross every Friday.

In this way, we follow the steps along Jesus’ path of suffering. At each station, the leader and the assistant will share a brief reflection, interspersed with singing and prayer. We conclude this journey at the burial of Jesus, which is not the end. We finish in the hope of resurrection.

There are six evenings: March 7, 14, 21, and 28,(English) and April 4 and 11, starting at 7:00 PM each time.

Celebrate Lent & Easter with us

During Lent and Easter we have various activities and holy mass celebrations. Have a look at the schedule on our website.

Also, when you regsiter at our parish office, you will receive the parish magazine with all details and schedules in our parish.
English Easter Vigil on Saturday 19th of April 2025 at midnight.

Making Palm Sunday Sticks

We start on Saturday, March 23. Between 3 and 5 PM, all children are warmly welcome to come and decorate a Palm Sunday stick. We will provide a bread rooster and a palm branch, and there will be crepe paper for decoration. You should bring a cross to decorate, along with extra decorations or some treats to put on your stick. Help from a parent in decorating the stick is highly desirable, as experience shows. It is not intended for children to be left without supervision. The participation fee is €3.00. You can register via the website or email kidsenjongeren@hjoannesdedoper.nl. Due to the ordering of the bread roosters, we ask that you register by March 18 at the latest.

On Palm Sunday, we will enter the church in procession with our decorated sticks. We celebrate Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, and after the service, the traditional Palm Sunday procession will take place, accompanied by music to the Meerstede.

To register: Click here for online form

Annual Campaign KerkBalans

Parishes in the Netherlands do not receive any financial support. Nor from Rome nor from our diocese. Indeed, every year it is our shared responsibility to make sure we keep financially sound. We believe it is worth to support our growing community in Hoofddorp. Together with all churches in the Netherlands we do organise a yearly fundriser event called ‘Kerkbalans’. We trust all parishioners who attend our Dutch as well as our English masses will contribute. May we count on you as well? A reasonable amount? We would say what you would spend as annual contribution to your hobby or sports club. However, any contribution given with a warm heart is very welcome.

With your help you do support your John the Baptist church in 2023 and in the years to come.
Thank you very much! You can participate in this campaign
via this link.

Registration John the Baptist parish

Welcome at our parish. It would be great if you register at our parish. You will be kept informed about all activities and receive the parish magazine at home. Together we form an active English Speaking Community. Please use the form on the right side and send it to our parish office.

Caritas in our Church

Weekly collection for the local Food Bank
At our Church we collect food for the local food bank in Hoofddorp. If you want to contribute, please place these items in the baskets located at the back of the Church.

Buurtkastje – Community Box
Have you seen our new Community Box? We are highlighting not only our  care for our local community but also food waste, under the motto: “Give what you don’t need and take what you do need”

Green Church
Recycling of clothes and used cooking oil in the containers on our church square. The rood of our church is covered with solar pannels to cover up to 80% of our electicity requirements.

Collection for Ukraine
Every Wednesday from 10:00-12:00 at the garage next to the parish office.

Visting parishioners
There is a team of volunteers that are visting parishoners that are ill or can’t travel to church because they are old or disabled. More details about this team, see their website: Bezoekgroep Joannes de Doper.

Volunteering at our Parish

We are blessed with a very active parish with many volunteers. Also, the English-speaking church community is expanding, and we would like to draw your attention to some voluntary activities. You can help us with the Mass readings, join our choir, make coffee and tea for after Mass, help us on charity projects (Caritas) or as a Pass-keeper. If you are interested, please contact Siobhan Regtering-Kerr (Siobhan.kerr@yahoo.co.uk) or Ruby Cumba (rubycumba@gmail.com) both from our Parish.

Biblical Garden

Garden behind the Church with more than 50 sculptures, plants and trees from the Bible. Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
website: www.bijbelsetuininhoofddorp.nl
Information about guided tours through the garden please contact the the parish office.