Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 2361 Highway 18 in Edgard, LA 70049. It is one of 6 churches in Edgard.
2361 Highway 18, Edgard, LA, 70049Phone: (985) 497-3412 · Website: https://stjohnbaptistedgard.org/
Saint John the Baptist 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 John the Baptist Catholic Church
In the few miles around this church, 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 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 30.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
- Diabetes: 19.9%
- Unemployment: 16.0% (3.5–28.5%)
- Obesity: 43.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.3%
- Depression: 24.2%
- Poverty Rate: 18.4% (6.8–29.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
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- St. Peter Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away in Reserve, LA
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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- First Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Reserve, LA
- Beechgrove Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Reserve, LA
- Bethlehem Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away in Reserve, LA
- New Pilgrim Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away in Reserve, LA
- Greater New Plymouth Rock Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away in Reserve, LA
- Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church — 1.7 mi away in Reserve, LA
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