St. Thomas The Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church
St. Thomas The Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 1410 Church St in Rahway, NJ 07065-3344. It is one of 33 churches in Rahway, and one of 3 Catholic congregations in the city.
As a Church, we witness to the power of God operative in our lives and seek to live this life to the fullest in our personal faithfulness, family relationships, and community service.
St. Thomas the Apostle is a Catholic Church of the Eparchy of Passaic. It is a Byzantine Church in communion with the Pope of Rome.
1410 Church St, Rahway, NJ, 07065-3344Phone: (732) 382-5300 · Website: https://saintthomastheapostle.org/
St. Thomas The Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 606 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New Jersey — 18,926 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 The Apostle Byzantine Catholic Church
- Religious Education
- Music Ministry
- Parish Societies
- Annual Festival
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The community around St. Thomas The Apostle Byzantine Catholic 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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,300 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: 33.5%
- Unemployment: 9.4% (0.7–18.2%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
- Food Insecurity: 16.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
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- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Family Center — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia la luz del Mundo — 0.4 mi away
- Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Divine Mercy Parish — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Johns Greek Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
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