Saints Anthony of Padua & Lê Văn Phung Catholic Church
Saints Anthony of Padua & Lê Văn Phung Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 2305 Choctaw Drive in Baton Rouge, LA 70805. It is one of 572 churches in Baton Rouge, and one of 19 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
Our doors are open to anyone who is searching for a church home, and we invite you to join us by calling the church office at 225–357 4800 from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sts. Anthony of Padua and Lê Văn Phung Parish in Baton Rouge used to be called St. Anthony of Padua Parish.
2305 Choctaw Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70805Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 6:45am
Phone: +1-225-357-4800 · Website: https://www.stanthonybr.com/
Saints Anthony of Padua & Lê Văn Phung Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 577 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Louisiana — 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.
Ministries at Saints Anthony of Padua & Lê Văn Phung Catholic Church
- Sunday School
- Choirs
- Associations
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The community around Saints Anthony of Padua & Lê Văn Phung 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 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 87.5%
- Obesity: 48.3%
- Food Insecurity: 47.4%
- Social Isolation: 41.1%
- Poverty Rate: 38.6% (25.9–51.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 34.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.2%
- Unemployment: 25.1% (13.0–37.2%)
- Diabetes: 24.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.1%
- Depression: 24.9%
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.
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