Newman Center
Newman Center is a Catholic church at 602 Turner Ave. in Columbia, MO 65201. It is one of 156 churches in Columbia, and one of 2 Catholic congregations in the city.
With the help of grace, to form a Catholic community of faith who cultivates beauty, truth, goodness, communion, and justice.
The St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church was founded in December 1963. We are a university parish of more than 800 families and over 1,000 students. Our primary apostolate is serving the collegiate campuses of the University of Missouri-Columbia, Stephen’s College, and Columbia College. As a full parish, we also serve the full sacramental and spiritual needs of our entire community.
Serving since 1963
602 Turner Ave., Columbia, MO, 65201Service times
- Tuesday 5pm–5:30pm
Phone: (573) 449-5424 · Website: https://www.comonewman.org/
Newman Center is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 449 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Missouri — 18,927 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 Newman Center
- Social Justice Programs
- Children’s Catholic Education Program
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Latest from St. John Henry Newman Catholic Church's YouTube channel: Daily Mass 09.15.26 (all videos).
The community around Newman Center
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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.
- Poverty Rate: 67.9%
- Social Isolation: 40.7%
- Depression: 34.3%
- Food Insecurity: 32.5% (24.0–41.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 24.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.8%
- Unemployment: 8.1% (2.6–13.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Columbia city is served by 44 churches — about one congregation for every 1,994 residents.
Churches near Newman Center
- Mizzou BSU — 0.3 mi away
- International Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- Missouri United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Calvary Episocopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Christian Campus House — 0.5 mi away
- International Friends — 0.5 mi away
- Salt City Church — 0.6 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- UKIRK Ministries-Columbia, MO — 0.6 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
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- St Peter's Parish — 22 mi away in Fulton, MO
- Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church — 22.2 mi away in Boonville, MO