The Chapel of Father Karel

A place to be quiet, to light a candle, or to leave intentions or prayers.

In a Limburg half-timbered farm on the edge of the village center of Munstergeleen, is the birth room and chapel of Father Karel.

The canonized Father Karel, whose real name was Johannes Andreas Houben, grew up in the Limburg village but spent a large part of his life in Ireland and England.

People are touched by the calm and quiet place on the Geleenbeek and by the person of Father Karel. The man who became known in the mid-19th century as 'the man with the healing hands' is still a pillar of support for villagers and pilgrims alike.