Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is a Catholic church at 122 Ash Street in Lewiston, ME 04240. It is one of 30 churches in Lewiston, and one of 4 Catholic congregations in the city.
122 Ash Street, Lewiston, ME, 04240Phone: (207) 777-1200 · Website: https://www.princeofpeace.me/
Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 123 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Maine — 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 Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 47.0%
- Food Insecurity: 35.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.8%
- Depression: 33.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.8%
- Social Isolation: 37.9%
- Poverty Rate: 26.8% (10.8–42.7%)
- Diabetes: 16.5%
- Child Poverty: 29.9% (12.3–48.6%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (6.5–21.0%)
- Unemployment: 6.5% (0.0–16.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Lewiston city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 1,878 residents.
Churches near Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
- Calvary United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lewiston Church of the Brethren — 0.2 mi away
- United Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Salvation Army — 0.2 mi away
- Redemption Hill — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Ark Church — 0.4 mi away
- Golgotha Church — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Josephs Catholic Church;Saint Joseph Rectory — 0.8 mi away in Auburn, ME
- Saint Louis Catholic Church — 1 mi away in Auburn, ME
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away in Auburn, ME