Sts. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church

Sts. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 285 Hamilton St in Somerset, NJ 08873-2184. It is one of 36 churches in Somerset.

We at SS Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church welcome you to come and worship with our parish family. We are a Catholic Church of the Byzantine-Ruthenian Rite, affiliated with the Eparchy of Passaic, NJ. We are the Eastern Rite of the one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, headed by the Pope of Rome.

285 Hamilton St, Somerset, NJ, 08873-2184

Phone: (732) 545-5500 · Website: https://sspeterandpaulbyzcath.org/

Sts. Peter and Paul 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.

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The community around Sts. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 28.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.8% (13.4–30.2%)
  • Social Isolation: 39.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.2% (21.1–35.4%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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