St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 1551 Bill Virdon Boulevard in West Plains, MO 65775. It is one of 86 churches in West Plains, and one of 2 Catholic congregations in the city.
1551 Bill Virdon Boulevard, West Plains, MO, 65775Phone: (417) 256-2556 · Website: http://www6.stmaryschurch.org/
St. Mary's Catholic Church 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.
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The community around St. Mary's Catholic Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter 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.
- Poverty Rate: 36.1% (26.8–45.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
- Food Insecurity: 25.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.3% (15.0–29.6%)
- Social Isolation: 33.5%
- Depression: 29.1%
- Diabetes: 16.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
- Obesity: 39.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
- Unemployment: 6.5% (2.2–10.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
West Plains city is served by 23 churches — about one congregation for every 498 residents.
Churches near St. Mary's Catholic Church
- Central Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Overflow Student Ministries West Plains — 0.5 mi away
- United Free Will Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Lifeline Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Faith Chapel Freewill Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Covenant Reformed Church — 0.8 mi away
- Church of Christ — 1 mi away
- All Saints Episcopal Church — 1.1 mi away
- Genesis Church-Downtown Campus — 1.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- All Saints Episcopal Church — 1.1 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 21 mi away in Willow Springs, MO
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