St. Thomas Knanaya Church
St. Thomas Knanaya Church is a Catholic church at 186 Third Street in Clifton, NJ 07011. It is one of 55 churches in Clifton, and one of 2 Catholic congregations in the city.
The St. Thomas Knanaya parish was founded by H.E. Abraham Mor Clemis in 1987 as a part of the North American Knanaya Community.
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186 Third Street, Clifton, NJ, 07011Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · service week
Phone: (973) 249-7377 · Website: http://www.stthomasnj.org/
St. Thomas Knanaya Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 611 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New Jersey — 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.
Ministries at St. Thomas Knanaya Church
- Education Fund
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The community around St. Thomas Knanaya Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 37.5%
- Food Insecurity: 24.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (4.7–18.0%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Clifton city is served by 21 churches — about one congregation for every 4,259 residents.
Churches near St. Thomas Knanaya Church
- Trinity Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Jersey Family Church — 0.1 mi away
- St Peter's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Actzion Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- United Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
- Templo Calvario NJ — 0.3 mi away
- St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Netherland Reformed Congregation — 0.3 mi away
- Hope Reformed Church — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church — 1 mi away in Passaic, NJ
- Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church — 1.1 mi away in Passaic, NJ
- Saint John Kanty Church — 1.3 mi away
- Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church — 1.4 mi away in Passaic, NJ
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