Some history

The principal forms of worship established in our municipality is the Roman Catholicism whose five churches and parishes are described hereafter. But the Oriental catholic, evangelic and israelite forms of worship are also present. The secularism is also present.

Saint-Pierre : This parish is the oldest one in our municipality. Saint Pierre is mentioned in a charter that reports the donation of Saint Pierre and its outbuildings by the Cambric bishop to the Abbey of Forest. Only the foundations of the original church built in Romance Style that were used to rebuild the church in 1755 still remain. Nowadays, this parish, in spite of the territorial modifications and losses, is the most important one in our municipality.

Notre Dame de Stockel : In the hamlet of Stockel, there was an oratory from the very start of the evangelization of our areas. But the Chapel of Notre-Dame or of the Visitation was mentionned, for the first time, in 1326. A parish was only created in 1326. The area of the parish was reduced twice: in 1910 for the creation of the Saint-Paul parish and in 1925 for the creation of the parish Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Kappeleveld in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert. The parish grew up so fast that a religious building was designed by the architects R. Aerts and P. Ramon and inspired of the most recent modern style in 1962.

Saint-Paul : This parish was created in 1911 and spread, at that time, over all the part of the South-east of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. There was nothing there except for a little chapel. In 1915, a more spacious building, located Avenue Parmentier, was used as a temporary chapel. It is only in 1941 that the new church was inaugurated in the Avenue du Hockey. That same year the parish was going to be divided at the expense of Saint-Alix. There is no doubt that the Saint-Paul church and its presbytery are the most beautiful architectural palces carried out in our municipality.

Sainte-Alix : Unlike Saint-Paul, this church was built before becoming a parish. It was built in 1935, on the racetrack of Stockel, because of the Wauquez family and it became a parish in 1941. The Second World War and the economic crisis will slow down the establishment of parcels in this district, but in 1957, during the construction of residences on the old racetrack, this parish encoutered its full blooming.

Notre-Dame des Grâces du Chant d'Oiseau : At the beginning of the 30s Franciscan monks came to settle at the Chant d' Oiseau. They bought a ground of almost two hectares on which a monastery was soon set up. The cardinal Van Roye had let them settled there if they built a church for the new parish . The authorization was given to the monks in 1935. The church was blessed in 1949 and the large organs were inaugurated in 1981.

Catholic form of worship

Parish Saint-Pierre
Curé canonique : Claude SELIS
Petite rue de l'Eglise 2
Tél. 02/770.07.05

Parish Notre-Dame des Grâces
Frère Jean Lân
Phone : 02/761.42.03, Mobile : 0476/313677
jlan.nguyen@skynet.be
Frère Benjamin Kabongo Ngeleka
Phone : 02/761.42.08
kabongobenja@yahoo.fr
Avenue du Chant d'Oiseau 2
ndg.paroisse@skynet.be
http://woluwe-st-pierre.bxl.catho.be

The Parishes Notre-Dame des Grâces and Saint Pierre are part of the Unité Pastorale de la Woluwe

Unité pastorale Stockel-au-Bois
http://www.stockel-au-bois.be.tf
lapasserelle@stockel-au-bois.be.tf

The three following parishes are grouped in Stockel-au-Bois

Parish Saint-Paul
Priest : Lagasse de Locht Fr.
Avenue du Hockey 96
Phone & fax: 02/770.00.79
http://www.saint-paul.be.tf
saint.paul@bxl.catho.be

Parish Notre-Dame de Stockel
Priest : Lagasse de Locht Fr.
Rue Vandermaelen 25
Phone 02/772.87.37
http://www.ndstockel.be
info@ndstockel.be

Parish Sainte-Alix
Priest: Mawet Ph. (Secrétariat)
Avenue Van der Meerschen 94
Phone 02/770.15.57
http://www.sainte-alix.be.tf
sainte.alix@bxl.catho.be

The borders of the parishes aren't always the same as the municipality borders. Here are some of the parishes that exercise juridiction in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre :

Parish Saint-Henri (W.S.L.)
Priest : J. Vande Gucht
Parvis Saint-Henri 18 - 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Phone 02/734.47. 63
http://www.paroisse-saint-henri.be

Parish Saint-Dominique
Priest : Van Steen G.
Avenue des Tourterelles 2 - 1950 Kraainem
Phone 02/731.53.76

Parish N.D. de l'Assomption (W.S.L.)
Priest : Père Alain Thomasset, a.a.
Avenue Vandervelde 153 - 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Phone 0497/496.634
Deacon : M. Claude Gillard, 02/721.28.18
Secretariat : Margrit Huyberechts, avenue Vandervelde 153
Phone 02/770.67.30
http://www.uclouvain.be/viespirituelle-bxl.html
http://www.paroisseassomption.be/

Katholische Gemeinde Deutscher Sprache
Avenue de Tervuren 221 - 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Phone 02/737.11.40
Fax 02/737.11.49

Parish Saint-Julien (Auderghem)
Priest : Kervyn de Meerendré Th.
Rue des Paysagistes, 13 - 1160 Auderghem
Phone 02/673.47.16

Oriental Catholic form of Worship

Brotherhood of the 12 Apostles
(Community of the de la Théophany - Meeting of Oriental Catholic Prayers)
Rue Eggerickx 16 - J. Vilet
Divine Liturgy : Saturday at 6.00 pm
Phone 02/673.35.25

Evangelical form of worship

Christian Community of Brussels (W.S.P.)
(Charismatic evangelical Church)
Avenue du Chant d'Oiseau 41
Phone 02/762.82.48

Protestant Evangelical Church (W.S.P. & Auderghem)
Beckner : 02/733.00.01
R. Curie : 02/660.03.46
Ch. de Wavre 1236

United Protestant Church of Belgium
Pastor J. Lieutenant
In the German Protestant Church : Avenue Salomé 7 - 1150 Brussels
Phone 02/660.11.46

Deutschsprachige Evangelische Gemeinde in Belgien v.o.e.
German-speaking
Avenue Salomé 7
Phone 02/762.40.62

Israelite form of worship

Central Israelite Consistory of Belgium
For all information :
Rue Joseph Dupont 2 - 1000 Brussels
Phone 02/512.21.90