Saint Thomas Mission Chapel
Saint Thomas Mission Chapel is a Roman Catholic church at 340 East Railroad Street in Palmetto, LA 71353. It is one of 7 churches in Palmetto.
340 East Railroad Street, Palmetto, LA, 71353Saint Thomas Mission Chapel 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 Thomas Mission Chapel
It takes 4.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.1%
- Food Insecurity: 29.1%
- Diabetes: 19.4%
- Obesity: 40.2%
- Social Isolation: 37.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
- Depression: 27.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
- Poverty Rate: 16.7% (8.8–24.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Saint Thomas Mission Chapel
- New Life Church of God — 1.2 mi away
- Sanctified Church — 1.2 mi away
- New Pilgrim Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
- Sacred Heart Mission Chapel — 1.9 mi away in Lebeau, LA
- Saint John Church — 3.4 mi away
- United Pentecostal Church — 3.6 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church of Bayou Rouge — 3.7 mi away
- New Jerusalem Church — 4.1 mi away in Washington, LA
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 4.2 mi away in Lebeau, LA
- Saint Pauls Church — 5.1 mi away in Washington, LA
More Catholic churches nearby
- Sacred Heart Mission Chapel — 1.9 mi away in Lebeau, LA
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 4.2 mi away in Lebeau, LA
- Saint Catherines Church — 5.9 mi away in Ville Platte, LA
- Saint Mary Catholic Church — 9.2 mi away in Port Barre, LA
- Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church — 9.6 mi away in Melville, LA
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