Saint Henry Catholic Church

Saint Henry Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 1021 8th Avenue in Lake Charles, LA 70601. It is one of 227 churches in Lake Charles, and one of 11 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

1021 8th Avenue, Lake Charles, LA, 70601

Phone: +1 337-436-7223 · Website: https://sthenry.church/

Saint Henry 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.

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The community around Saint Henry Catholic Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 80.6%
  • Obesity: 53.6%
  • Social Isolation: 40.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 39.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.2% (17.7–42.8%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.2%
  • Diabetes: 22.3%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.3%
  • Depression: 23.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.2% (4.3–24.1%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Lake Charles city is served by 91 churches — about one congregation for every 823 residents.

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