Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 227 East Cherokee Street in Brookhaven, MS 39601. It is one of 94 churches in Brookhaven.
227 East Cherokee Street, Brookhaven, MS, 39601Service times
- Saturday 3:30pm
Phone: +1 601-833-1799 · Website: http://www.stfrancisbrookhaven.org
Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 158 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Mississippi — 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 Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 47.4%
- Food Insecurity: 37.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.4%
- Diabetes: 21.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.1% (12.4–27.8%)
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Child Poverty: 33.8% (16.9–50.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.5%
- Poverty Rate: 28.6% (16.2–40.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Brookhaven city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 367 residents.
Churches near Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Abundant Life Christian Center — 0.2 mi away
- The Assembly Brookhaven — 0.2 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint James Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Life Church of Brookhaven — 0.3 mi away
- Messiah Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Kynette Pilgrim United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Lawrence Catholic Church — 19.7 mi away in Monticello, MS
- Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church — 19.9 mi away in Hazlehurst, MS
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