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The Maria Tenhemelopnemingkerk is a church building in Mariadorp built between 1959 and 1960.

The church of Onze Lieve Vrouw ten Hemelopneming (Our Lady of Hemelopneming) is a Roman Catholic Church built in 1846 in Achthuizen. It is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Charming neo-Romanesque church with double tower front. In 1905 the older church from 1840 was demolished and the new one built. This church served as an example for the St. Gertrudiskerk in Maarheeze.

Roman Catholic parish church of Our Lady of the Assumption, built in 1880-1881 to a design by EJ Margry.

Richly detailed large chapel with roof turret. Characteristic work by architect J. Stuyt. Part of the interesting, extensive complex OL Vrouw ter Nood, still in use as a place of pilgrimage.

Until the second half of the 19th century, Roosendaal had one Roman Catholic church building: St. Jan. Due to the construction of the railway in 1854, the Redemptorists looked for a place to build their church and monastery. In 1866, an emergency church was built, which was quite large, namely 27 by 14 m., and offered space for 200 folding chairs and 400 kneeling chairs, and contained 2 side attars and 4 confessionals. On 29 October 1866, this emergency church was put into use. After 2 years, they still wanted to build the current church, the blessing was on 19 October 1874. The extension was put into use on 25 March 1909. The major restoration was in 1966, in October 1966 it was as good as new again. The arch above the front door is the coat of arms Beatae Mariae Virgini de Perpetuo Succursoo or the Blessed Virgin Mary of Perpetual Help. The tabernacle in the choir shows the 4 church fathers. On either side of the tabernacle kneel 2 wooden angel figures, originating from the Redemptorist Church (H. Verlosserkerk) in Rotterdam. 8 confessionals are placed in the side aisles.

The church of Onze Lieve Vrouw van Altijddurende Bijstand (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) is a three-aisled so-called pseudo-basilica with multi-faceted closed transept and tower to the right of the front facade, covered by a high spire.

Reconstruction church with small roof turret in neo-Romanesque forms.

Small church from 1948 in traditionalist style, designed by architect Nic. Molenaar jr.; contractor was S. Geers from Voorburg. Before that time, church services were held in a temporary church, which stood in front of the current church on the Stationsweg, corner of Tiendweg. It was an old management shed of machine factory Smulders from Utrecht. This building was erected in the winter of 1918-1919 and consecrated on 19-03-1919 by pastor P. van der Cammen of the Antonius van Padua parish of Dordrecht, of which the Sliedrecht church became a branch church. Since the independence of the OLV Onbachtigte Ontvangenis parish of Papendrecht in 1960, Sliedrecht has been part of Papendrecht. In 1977 Sliedrecht became more or less and in 2003 definitively an independent parish. In 1998, the SAP was founded, a partnership between the parishes of Sliedrecht, Alblasserdam and Papendrecht, which was transformed into the Alblasserwaard-West federation in 2001. The planned expansion of the side room (sacristy) at the rear started in January 2006 and was completed in the summer of 2006.

On Sunday 5 July 2009, an art object was unveiled in the Roman Catholic church Our Lady of Perpetual Help. It is the glass object Faith, Hope and Love. It was made by Milsbeek glass artist Tonny Meeuwssen and after the church service it was unveiled by the artist and his grandson. This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.