Holy Child Jesus Catholic Church
Holy Child Jesus Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 315 Garrett Street in Canton, MS 39046. It is one of 84 churches in Canton, and one of 2 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
315 Garrett Street, Canton, MS, 39046Phone: +1-601-859-2957;+1-850-728-0871
Holy Child Jesus 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 Holy Child Jesus Catholic Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Child Poverty: 66.6% (46.9–86.3%)
- Food Insecurity: 52.9%
- Obesity: 52.8%
- Poverty Rate: 45.2% (30.3–60.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.7%
- Social Isolation: 41.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 37.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 28.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 28.3% (20.4–36.3%)
- Diabetes: 26.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Canton city is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 569 residents.
Churches near Holy Child Jesus Catholic Church
- St Paul A.M.E. Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church Canton — 0.3 mi away
- Temple of Praise Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Love Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
- 3:16 Church — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- South Liberty Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 7.4 mi away in Gluckstadt, MS
- Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church — 12.8 mi away in Madison, MS
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 15.5 mi away in Camden, MS
- Saint Paul Catholic Church — 17 mi away in Flowood, MS
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