Chapel Goudberg

This is an open road chapel that is planted diagonally on the street corner opposite Gielestraat. It is a simple rectangular brick chapel with tiled gable roof, probably from the fourth quarter of the 19th century. We see a round arch in whitewashed front gable with recently renewed low wooden fence.

In 2020, Ivan Adriaenssens gave his neighbour's chapel a new interpretation, inspired by Valerius De Saedeleer.

Inside there was a crucifix with paternoster on the wall above a simple altar top with several small statues of saints, namely Our Lady with Child, Sacred Heart, Saint Vincent. There was also a wall niche in chamfered inner corners with Saint Roch statue on the right and Saint Anthony statue with child on the left.

Saint Vincent was depicted surrounded by children, the poor, the needy and/or prisoners.
He is the patron of the lazarists and the vincenterinnen; of the clergy (clergy); of prisoners, neglected youth (since 1885) and orphans; of charities, charities and charities and hospitals. His intercession is invoked for spiritual help and the recovery of lost objects.
He was born in 1576 and, after studying theology at the University of Toulouse, was ordained a priest in 1600. After being captured by Turkish pirates during a sea voyage in 1602, he was sold into slavery but managed to escape in 1609. In 1617 he founded his first Brotherhood of Love ('Confrérie de la Charité'). That's how it came about.
Once, when he was about to start mass, a lady came to tell him that she had visited a sick person just outside the village. It turned out that these people were penniless. She feared for the life of that sick person, because the people of that house simply had nothing to eat there. Father Vincentius was so impressed that he returned to it in his sermon. That afternoon he decided to take a look at the sick person himself. To his surprise, he encountered all kinds of people coming from the opposite direction. It turned out that many people had brought food and drink to that poor sick person and his family: so much that they could not bear it and that the food was now spoiling! He thought about how those benevolent villagers were like sheep without a shepherd and decided to organize the relief efforts in a Brotherhood of Charity...

Saint Roch was probably born around 1350 and died around 1380. From his birth he had a wine stain in the shape of a cross on his left side: it was considered a sign from God. After the death of his parents, he decided to live the life of a pilgrim. He gave away his money to the poor and entrusted the management of his goods to an uncle. So he set off. If he came somewhere where the plague was raging or some other disease, he stayed there to nurse the sick. Some he managed to heal by means of a sign of the cross.
He eventually arrived in Rome, where he spent three years. On the way back home, he was held up again in the city of Piacenza by the fact that there were plague sufferers to take care of. There, after all, he himself was stricken with that disease and retreated to a neighboring forest, fearful as he was that he might infect others. He was discovered there by a neighboring landowner, because his dog always ran off with a lump of bread. Upon further investigation, it turned out that the animal provided Rochus with food in this way. Legend suggests that the landowner was not loved in his surroundings. But by the merit of Rochus, they were reminded that you must love your neighbor as yourself. In this way, the jonker was absorbed back into the lives of the people.

Eventually, Rochus healed from the plague and returned home. There was a civil war there at that time. He was promptly mistaken for a spy. No one recognized him, not even his own family. Not even the judge to whom he was answerable. And that judge was still the uncle who managed his goods.
Rochus remained silent, following the example of Jesus before Pilate... The mood must have been so hostile that he could be sure in advance that no one would believe him. He was thrown in jail. There he lived for another five years (eight even according to legend). Then he died. According to one version, he was recognized after his death because he was carrying identity documents. A more romantic reading tells that his grandmother recognized him by the striking wine stain in the shape of a cross on his left side...
Rochus is one of the plague saints. He is invoked against plague, cholera and other epidemics, as well as against pain in the feet, knees and legs; also against rabies, plague and all kinds of accidents.
He is patron of the prisoners, the sick, hospitals, hospices, hospitals, doctors, surgeons, pharmacists and gravediggers; also from the art dealers; farmers, gardeners, hop brewers and winegrowers; broom binders, pavers, joiners and fireworks makers; In addition, from seafarers and wagon makers.
Saint Roch is therefore often depicted with a wound on his left leg to which he refers with his finger, injuries on the knuckles of his right hand that he presses against his heart and his foot a dog.

Saint Anthony is depicted in brown Franciscan pij; with lily (virginity) and a book on which the Christ child sits. The story says that, when he was already severely weakened, he had been persuaded to take care of himself on the estate of a friendly count, Tiso. One evening Tiso saw a very bright light shining through the cracks of Antony's room. Fearing there was a fire, he threw open the door. There, to his dismay, he saw Antony standing with a beaming child on his arm. From that child came the bright light. When everything was back to normal a moment later, Antony asked his friend never to talk to anyone about this. Tiso promised, but considered himself relieved of that promise after Antony's death.
He came from the Portuguese capital Lisbon and seems to be descended from Godfrey of Bouillon.
Legend with the donkey:
Antony lived at a time when the heresy of the Albigensians had spread widely. The Albigensians denied the deity of Christ. Against a leader of the Albigensians, Antony chose a very remarkable way to convince the man. He was willing to bet that the donkey of the Albigens would pay respect to the host where his master did not! To begin with, the animal was not fed for three days. Then the feeder was filled to the brim. Now Antony held out the holy host to the animal. It abandoned its feeder and immediately went down on its knees to pay its respects.
Whereupon the heretic indeed repented.

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