Denomination Roman Catholic Church | ||
The Mary Star of the Sea Church (Dutch: Maria Sterre der Zee kerk) is the name given to a religious building of the Catholic Church located in the town of Simpson Bay in St. Maarten in the Dutch part of the Caribbean island of St. Martin in the Lesser Antilles, a dependent territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
It is a temple that follows the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Catholic Diocese of Willemstad based on the island of Curacao. All Masses are offered in English.
Its history dates back to 1897 when it began as a small chapel, which was later replaced by the need for a larger building and this church was dedicated to St. Mary Star of the Sea in 1965.
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Mary Star of the Sea Church, Simpson Bay Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA