Saint Ursula

A new high altar, lectern and chair were installed in 2011. The 12 columns that carry the altar top represent the twelve Apostles.

On November 27, 1642 the lord of Pietersheim was given some relics of Saint Ursula from the relics collection of the Saint Ursula chapel of Cologne. Since the late nineteenth century they have been exhibited in a brass, neo-Gothic reliquary.

The Way of the Cross, painted by the local artist Jan Willem Rosier, was solemnly inaugurated in 1808. Among the many characters his wife and both daughters can be discovered as the weeping women. Peeters, the son-in-law of the architect Jaminé, placed the canvases in beautiful neo-Gothic paneling that also integrates two confessionals.

The apse contains three stained glass windows made in the Carpronnier workshop in Brussels. One was donated by King Leopold I after his 1864 visit. The south transept window, showing the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, was gifted in 1875 by Charles Loomans and comes from Nicolas of Roermond’s workshop. A grissaille window decorates the north transept. Most other windows were made by the Janssen Stalins workshop in Antwerp.

The tombstone of Hendrik de Merode and his wife Francisca can be found in the north transept. The couple is portrayed lying down with their pedigree (family crests). On the left, on the border of the choir and transept a Roman baptismal font can be found.

The majority of the furniture - probably also the pulpit - came from the Janssen-Hoeken worskhop in Saint-Trond. It was a gift from mr. Paulussen, who was then chairman of the church council.