Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 708 East Main Street in Ville Platte, LA 70586. It is one of 45 churches in Ville Platte, and one of 4 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
The roots of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church reach back to the middle of the 18th century.
Serving since 1946
708 East Main Street, Ville Platte, LA, 70586Service times
- Wednesday 6am · morning
Phone: +1 337-363-2989 · Website: https://sacredheartvp.com/
Sacred Heart of Jesus 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 Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half 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: 58.7% (39.5–77.9%)
- Obesity: 52.1%
- Food Insecurity: 47.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 43.2%
- Poverty Rate: 35.6% (25.6–45.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.0%
- Unemployment: 27.1% (17.4–36.8%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.3%
- Diabetes: 25.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.3%
- Social Isolation: 39.8%
- Depression: 27.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.1% (9.7–22.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
- Ville Platte Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- New Life Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away
- Ninth Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Agape Christian Fellowship Church — 0.5 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Zion Hill Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Ninth Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Living Word Catherdal PBGA — 1.1 mi away
- St John Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away
- Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church — 1.4 mi away
- Sacred Heart Mission Chapel — 3.6 mi away
- Saint Ann Mission Chapel — 6.3 mi away in Frilot Cove, LA
- Saint Peter Catholic Church — 7.2 mi away in Grand Prairie, LA
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