Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 207 Camille Street in Opelousas, LA 70570. It is one of 67 churches in Opelousas, and one of 5 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
207 Camille Street, Opelousas, LA, 70570Phone: (337) 942-4174 · Website: http://www.ourladymercy.org/
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 578 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Louisiana — 18,926 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 Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 6 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 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 61.3% (41.5–81.2%)
- Obesity: 46.4%
- Food Insecurity: 42.9%
- Social Isolation: 42.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
- Poverty Rate: 35.9% (22.7–49.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 31.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.8%
- Diabetes: 21.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.7%
- Unemployment: 9.9% (1.4–18.3%)
- Depression: 24.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
- Community Chapel Church of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Emmanuel Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- St Paul Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater New Hope Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Spirit of Elijah Life Institute Church — 0.5 mi away
- Cornerstone Opelousas — 0.6 mi away
- Living Water Christian Center — 0.6 mi away
- St. John Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Bellevue Street Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Holy Ghost Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away
- Saint Landry Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away
- Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church — 1.9 mi away
- Holy Family Catholic Church — 4.8 mi away in Lawtell, LA
- Saint Jules Mission Chapel — 5.3 mi away in Prairie Laurent, LA
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