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Large neo-Gothic church with historic tower.

Until 1796 a reformed (also called: reformed) church, then Roman Catholic, demolished in 1885. In 1884 the foundation stone was laid for the current Roman Catholic St. Joriskerk. Hendrik van Tulder from Tilburg drew the design. The church was put into use in 1885. A tower with side chapels was added in 1910 to a design by Jac. van Gils. Restoration started in 2003.

Exceptionally important neoclassical church. Main work of architect HH ​​Dansdorp. Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph, consecrated 1843. From 1853 to 1898 cathedral of the re-established Diocese of Haarlem. Extended for this purpose in 1856. Large neoclassical church with turret on the front facade. Architect: HH Dansdorp; three-aisled neoclassical church, provided with a barrel vault over the central nave. Façade of natural stone; high round columns carry tympanum, round dome tower on Corinthian columns. Largely late nineteenth-century decoration and inventory.

Roman Catholic Church built in 1916. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

The St. Josef Church is a Roman Catholic Church built in 1910 and expanded in 1932.

The original church from 1934 was a creation of the architect A. Rats. This church was destroyed by war on 20 November 1944. The entire western part was destroyed, and the vaults collapsed. The destruction was so extensive that only the foundations were still visible. The tower clock was destroyed, as well as the harmonium, the pews and the Stations of the Cross. The bells had already been stolen by the occupier in 1942. Immediately after the liberation, the masses were read in the cellars of various parishioners. Shortly afterwards, the Custers hall was put into use for this purpose, but it was also too small. From 11 March 1945, the Lemmen hall was therefore set up as an emergency church. This burned down in 1946, so that the Custers hall had to provide a solution again. In the meantime, the Lemmen hall was renovated and purchased, so that it could be used as a permanent emergency church. This temporary church was put into use in 1958 as a nursery school, which in turn left the building in 1969.

Roman Catholic parish church of St. Joseph from 1925. Replaced a smaller, nearby church from 1819, which stood at the current Johan van der Kornputplein. Crucifix basilica on a somewhat centralised plan with a wide central nave, narrow side aisles and a front tower with a spire. Sober, characteristic work in the oeuvre of the Oldenzaal architect Clemens Hardeman in the late neo-Gothic style.

Destroyed by war in 1944.

As of August 1, 2002, the St. Joseph parish, the OLVrouw Hemelvaart parish and the parish of the Blessed Sacrament were merged into one parish with the new name H. Antonius. Remarkable, because John the Baptist is the patron saint of Gouda. These three church buildings would remain, according to the reports at the time, and on Sunday, September 15, 2002, the first celebration of the new parish was held. But already in November 2002 it was announced that maintaining all three church buildings would be impossible for financial reasons. Which church would ultimately remain in use was not yet known at that time.

Modern hall church without tower from 1959-1960, built at the former mining colony of Egge in Brunssum-Oost.