Saint John Berchmans Church, Brussels

Geschiedenis

The Church of St. John Berchmans (Saint Jean Berchmans, Sint Jan Berchmans) is the Roman Catholic church of St Michael College in Brussels, Belgium. Founded by the Society of Jesus at the turn of the 20th century, the church is dedicated to the Belgian Jesuit saint St. Jan Berchmans.HistoryThe purpose of the church was to form the vital center of the newly created Collège Saint Michel. It was built in the same architectural style as the rest of the school buildings. Msg. Giovanni Tacci Porcelli, Nuncio to Belgium, laid the foundation stone of the church on. Architect Joseph Prémont was inspired by the Rhenan Romanesque tradition of the Middle Ages. The church is of Rhenan Romanesque revival style and was consecrated on by the Bishop of Galle, Joseph van Reeth SJ.ExteriorThe façade, made of grey freestone and rose stone from the Gileppe, is decorated with a statue of Saint Michael the Archangel, patron saint of the Collège. Two Romanesque entrances on the apse's right and left side lead to an antechamber.