Lourdesgrot, Lourdes grotto in Wiemesmeer, Zutendaal, Belgium

The Lourdesgrot is a religious grotto in Zutendaal featuring a white stone statue of Mary dressed in a blue mantle and holding a rosary. The figure stands in a carved stone niche that provides space for prayer and contemplation.

Mathijs Thijssens placed a Mary statue along the road to Terboekt in 1907, thanking for the healing of a boil on his leg. His daughter wanted a Lourdes grotto on that spot, and he had a large one built modelled on the grotto in Edegem, finished in 1925. When the ceiling of the Sint-Jozefkerk collapsed in 1976, summer Saturday evening Masses moved to the grotto.

The site grew into a Marian park: three chapels house Toon Vanmechelen's 2004-2005 statues of the Mysteries of the Rosary, and a Calvarie group was added in 2009. Since summer evening Masses moved here after the Sint-Jozefkerk ceiling collapsed in 1976, pilgrims have gathered at the grotto itself.

The grotto stands on Grotstraat in Wiemesmeer, in the Hoeverveld area of Zutendaal. In summer, Mass is celebrated at the grotto on Saturday evenings, which draws pilgrims; the covered space added in 1993 shelters visitors. The grounds were later extended with trees, shrubs and a pond, so allow time to walk the wider Marian park.

The grotto was modelled on the one in Edegem, and Mathijs Thijssens had it built on the spot where he had placed a Mary statue in 1907, after a boil on his leg healed. The site grew into a Marian park with a pond, three chapels holding Toon Vanmechelen's 2004-2005 rosary mystery statues, and a Calvary group added in 2009.