Saint Martin De Porres Roman Catholic Church
Saint Martin De Porres Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic church in Columbia, SC 29204. It is one of 422 churches in Columbia, and one of 5 Catholic congregations in the city.
Our mission is to joyfully proclaim and give witness to the mission of Christ and the Church through supporting and strengthening the vocations of all local young adults (ages 18-39) as they strive to live as faithful Catholics, encountering Christ in one another, in their homes, in their parishes,
We are a community of young adult Catholics from many walks of life who desire to experience and grow in our Catholic faith.
Columbia, SC, 29204Website: https://yacsatstmartins.wixsite.com/yacs
Saint Martin De Porres Roman Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Saint Martin De Porres Roman Catholic Church
- Weekly Meetings
- Service Opportunities
- Parish Outreach
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The community around Saint Martin De Porres Roman Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 41.0%
- Poverty Rate: 34.4% (21.7–47.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 30.0%
- Unemployment: 19.3% (7.3–31.3%)
- Child Poverty: 33.4% (19.5–50.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
- Obesity: 36.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
- Depression: 24.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1% (10.6–19.4%)
- Diabetes: 14.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.2% (6.4–15.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Columbia city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 960 residents.
Churches near Saint Martin De Porres Roman Catholic Church
- First Calvary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Antisdel Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Lukes Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Emmanuel Tabernacle — 0.2 mi away
- First Nazareth Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Biblica Latinoamericana — 0.4 mi away
- Chappelle Memorial AME Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away