Saint Gorgonius

The main altar was painted by Balthazar Beschey (1708-1776) and represents Christ on the cross. There are Jesuit saints at the bottom of the cross. The calvary by Henri Redig was installed in 1882. He was the city architect of Lier and the brother of former priest Aloysius Redig.

The stained glass windows regularly needed to be replaced after damage by storms or war. Priest Redig had a new set of stained glass windows installed in 1882. Most of the times these windows were payed for with donations from parishioners whose names can be found on the windows. This set of stained glass windows represents Saint Gorgonius and the twelve Apostles.

The woodwork was mostly made by carpenter Jean Philippe Stockmans and the sculpturing on the confessional, the pulpit and the organ case was done by sculptor Dupaix. The pew in the chancel originally comes from the abbey of Opheylissem (Hélécine).

The reliquary contains relics of Saint Gorgonius and Saint Odwinus. This church is the only church in Belgium that has Saint Gorgonius as its patron saint. He died a martyr death around 304. Saint Odwinus was a priest in Hoegaarden in the second half of the tenth century

The large stone before the altar gives access to the crypt that consists of a corridor along the entire length of the church. The graves of notable citizens of Hoegaarden can be found in two rows containing twenty alcoves. It was recorded in 1804 that several graves were damaged.

In a treasury at the back of the tower several statues coming from various churches in Hoegaarden are preserved. The statue representing Jesus seated on a donkey probably dates back to around 1520. This Palm Sunday donkey is carried around by the Order of the twelve Apostles during the Palm Sunday procession.The formation and the statutes of this order date back to 1631. This indicates that the first Palm Sunday procession possibly took place much earlier.