Saint Patrick Catholic Church of Merna
Saint Patrick Catholic Church of Merna is a Roman Catholic church at 1001 N Towanda Barnes Rd in Bloomington, IL 61705. It is one of 100 churches in Bloomington, and one of 6 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
1001 N Towanda Barnes Rd, Bloomington, IL, 61705Service times
- Tuesday 10am · of th with choice of a day or evening time
- Tuesday 6:30pm · of th with choice of a day or evening time
Phone: (309) 825-3736 · Website: https://stpatrickmerna.org/
Shares a ministry location with Most Holy Eucharist Parish.
Saint Patrick Catholic Church of Merna is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,056 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Illinois — 18,927 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.
Ministries at Saint Patrick Catholic Church of Merna
- Religious Education
- Helping Neighbors in Need
- St. Vincent de Paul
- Prayer Shawl Ministry
- Garden Ministry
- Heavenly Dusters
- Youth Ministry
- High School Youth Ministry
- Grief Ministry
- Men’s Ministry
- Vacation Bible School
- Totus Tuus
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The community around Saint Patrick Catholic Church of Merna
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of the people here were born in another country. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 31.8%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Bloomington city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 1,579 residents.
Churches near Saint Patrick Catholic Church of Merna
- Most Holy Eucharist Parish — 0 mi away
- Now Legacy — 0.6 mi away
- Compass Church — 1.1 mi away
- CCHS Grotto — 1.2 mi away
- CCHS chapel — 1.2 mi away
- Northside Church of Christ — 1.2 mi away
- Bloomington First Church of the Nazarene — 1.5 mi away
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church — 1.9 mi away
- Morningstar United Methodist Church — 2.3 mi away in Normal, IL
- Hope Church — 2.3 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- CCHS Grotto — 1.2 mi away
- CCHS chapel — 1.2 mi away
- Epiphany Catholic Church — 4.1 mi away in Normal, IL
- Holy Trinity Parish Center — 4.9 mi away
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church — 4.9 mi away
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