New Martyrs Ukrainian Greek Catholic Mission
New Martyrs Ukrainian Greek Catholic Mission is a Catholic church at 1301 Vermont St in Lawrence, KS 66044-3483. It is one of 106 churches in Lawrence.
We are the only Eastern Catholic community in Kansas! We are a mission of the Eparchy of St. Nicholas in Chicago, which is an eparchy (diocese) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
1301 Vermont St, Lawrence, KS, 66044-3483Phone: +17852203322 · Website: https://ukiecatholictopeka.wordpress.com/
New Martyrs Ukrainian Greek Catholic Mission is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 242 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Kansas — 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 New Martyrs Ukrainian Greek Catholic Mission
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,300 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.
- Poverty Rate: 50.0%
- Social Isolation: 37.0%
- Depression: 31.8%
- Food Insecurity: 24.8% (17.9–32.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (5.1–14.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (7.7–15.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near New Martyrs Ukrainian Greek Catholic Mission
- Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- KU Campus Christians — 0.2 mi away
- Free City Church — 0.2 mi away
- Vintage Church — 0.2 mi away
- Second Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Canterbury House — 0.3 mi away
- Danforth Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center — 1.1 mi away
- Haskell Catholic Campus Center — 1.2 mi away
- Corpus Christi Catholic Church — 4.7 mi away
- Old Holy Family Catholic Church - Adoration Chapel — 7.7 mi away in Eudora, KS