Saint Gerard Majella Catholic Church
Saint Gerard Majella Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 5354 Plank Road in Baton Rouge, LA 70805. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 19 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
The People of St. Gerard Majella are called through Baptism to celebrate the presence of Christ in Word and Sacrament.
5354 Plank Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805Service times
- Saturday 4pm · Vigil
- Sunday 8am
- Sunday 10am
Phone: (225) 355-2553 · Website: https://www.stgerardmajellachurch.org/
Saint Gerard Majella Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 578 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Louisiana — 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.
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The community around Saint Gerard Majella 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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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.
- Child Poverty: 65.5% (47.2–81.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 51.0%
- Obesity: 49.2%
- Social Isolation: 42.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 39.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 37.8%
- Poverty Rate: 34.5% (20.6–48.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.1%
- Diabetes: 23.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.3% (8.9–22.1%)
- Unemployment: 9.2% (0.5–21.6%)
- Depression: 25.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Baton Rouge city is served by 212 churches — about one congregation for every 1,006 residents.
Churches near Saint Gerard Majella Catholic Church
- Central Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Harvest Life Center — 0.5 mi away
- Baton Rouge Greater First Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Hope Community United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- North Baton Rouge United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Douglas Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- North Highlands Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Bethel Primitive Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.7 mi away
- Redeeming Love Ministries — 0.7 mi away
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- Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church — 2.5 mi away
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church — 3.3 mi away
- Saint Joseph Cathedral — 3.7 mi away
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