Saint Therese Catholic Church

Saint Therese Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 300 West Lerdo Highway in Shafter, CA 93263. It is one of 27 churches in Shafter.

300 West Lerdo Highway, Shafter, CA, 93263

Phone: +1-661-746-4471 · Website: https://www.saintthereseshafter.com/

Saint Therese Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,417 congregations of the Catholic family gather across California — 19,012 across the United States on The Church Map.

From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.

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The community around Saint Therese Catholic Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 39.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.4%
  • Social Isolation: 38.8%
  • Child Poverty: 36.0% (20.7–51.3%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.2% (18.8–37.6%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
  • Diabetes: 15.2%
  • Obesity: 39.9%
  • Depression: 23.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Shafter city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 1,407 residents.

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