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Putten only got its own parish church (again) in 1939; the first since the Reformation. Previously, the small Roman Catholic population of Putten had to rely on a nearby monastery chapel from 1858.

Three-aisled, neo-Gothic hall church under a saddle roof, with a 5/8 closed choir, three transepts, straight closed side chapels on either side of the choir, and a saddle roof tower next to the front facade. On the slate-covered roof there is a narrow lantern. The cornice is decorated with a pointed arch frieze. In the front facade there is a rose window under which a series of seven pointed arch windows. The entrance portal is provided with brick archivolts and has a double door with heavy decorative fittings. On either side of this there are two pointed arch windows. In the gable top there are five pointed arch niches, partly with windows and a hatch. The saddle roof tower on the left is also provided with pointed arch windows. To the left and right of the front facade there are entrance portals under a lean-to roof. The three transepts are externally marked by gables. The brickwork is decorated with bands and figures of yellow brick, and a pointed arch frieze under the eaves. Three-light pointed arch windows are placed in the gables. The choir has pointed arch windows with brick tracery and a pointed arch frieze under the eaves. On either side of the choir is a service building; on the side of the Stortenbekerstraat, closed off by gables and covered by a saddle roof. A decorative brick border is placed under the eaves. Both service buildings have a staircase tower with a spire. The building on the north side serves as a sacristy. Between this building and the transept is the parish hall, which is closed off at the top by an open balustrade. The interior of the church, inspired by the nave of the Grote of Sint Jacobskerk in The Hague, contains spacious side chapels with transverse wooden barrel vaults that connect to the central nave under a barrel vault in the lengthwise direction of the church. The barrel vaults are decorated with decorative paintings. The church has articulated brick piers, covered with yellow facing bricks alternating with red bands. In the spandrels on either side of the arches are round niches with six-passes. The side chapels on either side of the choir have brick cross-ribbed vaults; the choir has a radiating vault. The profiled brick triumphal arch to the choir rests on two short columns of polished black granite with hardstone leaf capitals. The church has polychrome tiled floors. One-manual organ made by JW Walker for St. Mary's Church Stoke d' Abernon in 1860, purchased in 2003 and installed in St. Martha's Church. The inventory includes a carved limestone pulpit tub; two neo-Gothic statues of the Sacred Heart and Mary, as well as a small communion rail with rich carvings in neo-Baroque style from the first half of the 19th century. The parsonage garden to the south of the church is enclosed by a brick garden wall.

Neo-Gothic church building with high tower from 1956-1957, designed by the architectural firm Th.J. van Elsberg (Almelo). The church was built using demolition material from the previous church, designed by A. Tepe, which was partially destroyed in April 1945. The furnishings and interior date from the period after the reconstruction. The stained glass windows were designed by AP Stokhof-De Jong and depict scenes from the Old and New Testaments.

Roman Catholic church with front tower, built in 1869-1870 in neo-Gothic style to a design by architect P. Soffers. The interior was completed in 1871 and the church was consecrated on 2 May 1871. The bricks for the construction came from the nearby former brickworks in the Burgpolder.

Roman Catholic Martinus Church, three-aisled cruciform basilica, built in 1891 to a design by architect E. Corbey in Neo-Gothic style. The towers were never completed. The church has a striking location on the Hofke, an old, ring-shaped structure in the Tongelre district, in the line of sight from the Tongelresestraat.

Originally built for the Catholic Apostolic Community in 1917. Hall building without a tower and with a living floor above the church hall.

Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to St. Martin, designed by architect Edmond Nijsten in shake-hands architecture and built in 1957. The parish priest was CJAE van Roosmalen. The church is located on a slight elevation on a modern square in the centre of Luyksgestel, detached from the 15th-century tower to which its predecessor was attached and somewhat set back from the building line of the tower and the parsonage on the right. The spatial integration of the church was limited by the condition that the old church had to remain standing until the new one was ready. The architect was given the freedom by the diocese to build "modern". There is a cemetery behind the church. The tabernacle and ornamental ironwork are by Johannes M. Koldeweij (1923-). In addition to the protected old statues mentioned in the description, the following works of art are present in the church: a crucifix from around 1400, a statue of St. Lucia, around 1875-1900, a statue of Mary with a crown, around 1600 and a 17th century chandelier; these were placed in the church at a later stage and are not part of the original inventory. The statues, chandelier and pulpit come from the old church or from the H. Kruiskapel in Luyksgestel. Among the Stations of the Cross, which came from elsewhere, the old Stations are still present, which consist of photographs by Martien Coppens of a Stations of the Cross made by Charles Eyck in Waalwijk.

Older church and monastery. Built in 1809 under temporary kingship of Louis Napoleon, hence the nickname "Louis' Church". Extension of the choir in 1871. Demolished in 1933 to make way for the construction of the current St. Martin's Church .

Neo-Romanesque church with tower. In 1994 new spire, repair of damage after earthquake in 1992.

Brick tower built in the middle of the 14th century, raised in the 16th century and provided with a constricted spire. In 1867, the current neoclassical church building was built against the remaining tower to replace the associated medieval church. It is said that the stones of the former church were used for the foundation of the new building. Inventory from the construction period.