Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 810 Carey Avenue in Ruston, LA 71270. It is one of 83 churches in Ruston.
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church is rich in heritage, diverse in culture, guided by the spirit, and embracing all, commits itself to nourishing, supporting and strengthening its parish family spiritually and physically through sacraments, worship, education and opportunities for ministry in order that through witness we may bring gospel to life.
810 Carey Avenue, Ruston, LA, 71270Service times
- Saturday 5pm · Vigil Mass
- Sunday 8:30am · Mass
Phone: +1-318-255-2870 · Website: https://stthomasaquinasruston.com/
Saint Thomas Aquinas 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 Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
- Youth Ministry
- Religious Education
- Charity
- College Ministry
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The community around Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 81.2%
- Poverty Rate: 51.2% (37.0–65.5%)
- Obesity: 51.1%
- Food Insecurity: 45.3%
- Social Isolation: 40.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 31.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 25.1%
- Diabetes: 19.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
- Depression: 29.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (5.2–19.4%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Ruston city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 658 residents.
Churches near Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
- Episcopal Church of the Redeemer — 0.1 mi away
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mays Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Awakening Collegiate Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
- St Mary Baptist Church - Ruston, La — 0.5 mi away
- Louisiana Tech BCM — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church Ruston — 0.7 mi away
- New Living Word Ministry — 0.7 mi away
- The Bridge Community Church — 0.7 mi away
- Ascend Church of Ruston, LA — 0.8 mi away
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