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In the standard work Kerkinterieurs in Nederland (Church Interiors in the Netherlands), Herman Wesselink calls the Antonius Abtkerk "one of the most remarkable churches from the interbellum. (...) The church interior (can) be considered a highlight of Dutch Roman Catholic ecclesiastical art from the twentieth century." (Antonius Abtkerk. Highlight of ecclesiastical mosaic art. In Kerkinterieurs in Nederland, pp. 316-319. Wbooks, 2016. The church was created under the influence of the innovative artist group De Violier. In this group, JE Brom, architect Joseph Cuypers (1861 - 1949) and A. Molkenboer (1872-1960) worked together, among others.

Roman Catholic Church from 1925, dedicated to St. Anthony Abbot, designed by architect ir. F. Franssen. The church is located on the corner with the Heytmorgen. The Traditionalist architecture with Neo-Romanesque elements is partly based on early Christian architecture.

The Heilige Antonius Abt (Anthony Abbot) was erected in 1886 and extended in 1928 and 1951. It has its origin in a 17th century chapel dedicated to Saint Anthony Abbot. It is currently listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

St. Anthony's Church (formerly dedicated to St. Adelbert); three-sided closed marlstone choir, ca. 1400, flanked by two brick chapels, 15th century; brick tower with niche section, 16th century, the other parts were created during an extension of the church in 1910. The inventory includes: communion rail with carved reliefs, 18th century; two hardstone holy water fonts, 18th century; wooden statues of crucifix, ca. 1700; two Madonnas, respectively from ca. 1700 and 17th century; St. Anthony Abbot, 18th century; St. Peter, 18th century; St. John the Baptist, 18th century; St. Roch, 18th century; alabaster panel with relief representation of the Adoration of the Shepherds; alabaster top piece with representation of the Trinity. Mechanical tower clock, B. Eijsbouts, 1918. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Interesting neoclassical church with historic tower. After the Reformation, the committee that was set up to prepare the construction of the Catholic church in Loenen received permission from King Willem II on 13 February 1846 to start construction. The king gave a subsidy of 6,000 guilders on condition that the church would be built by Waterstaat. The total cost of the church amounted to fl. 13,332.--. The Hackfort family (Kasteel ter Horst) donated a newly built parsonage as well as the land for the church, garden and cemetery, but on condition that they would have the first two pews of the new church at their disposal and that they would have the right to make their own family burial vault in the cemetery. The “Horsten benches” are still in the church. The coats of arms of the Hackfort family and the Van Wijnbergen family are on the doors.

The current neo-Romanesque St. Anthony Abbot Church in Overasselt is one of the characteristic works from the later period of the oeuvre of the architect Carl Weber, in which he drew on late Romanesque architecture in the Rhineland.

In 1897 the church was consecrated. In 1932 there was an additional aisopy and a new priestly choir. The font dates from 1519. From earlier chapels some wooden statues and a 17-century communion bench remain. The altars and crossings are from 1897.

Roman Catholic parish church of St. Antonius Abt from 1891. Three-aisled, neo-Gothic basilica without transept. Front tower with incurved spire. Interior with brick cross-ribbed vaults. Characteristic work in the oeuvre of architect Caspar Franssen (1860-1932), a pupil of Pierre Cuypers. Inventory from the construction period is still partly present. This church is listed as a Municipal Monument of the Netherlands.

Sober neo-Gothic church with tower. Restored in the 1990s. This church is listed as a National Monument of the Netherlands.

Village church with tower. Destroyed by war actions 1944-1945, restored 1949.