Saint James Roman Catholic Church
Saint James Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 2635 Buffalo Road in Erie, PA 16510. It is one of 205 churches in Erie, and one of 2 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
St. James Parish, and our sister church of St. Mark the Evangelist, is a welcoming and accepting family of faith located at 2635 Buffalo Road in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is a friendly and caring community that embraces visitors and welcomes those in need of a new church home. New comers arrive as strangers and leave Mass as friends. As the People of God, we rejoice in doing our very best to live and love like Christ! Just as Jesus' arms are open in welcome to all, so too is St. James Parish.
2635 Buffalo Road, Erie, PA, 16510Service times
- Saturday 8am
Phone: (814) 899-6178 · Website: https://www.saintjamesrcc.org/
Saint James Roman Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,107 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 18,927 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 Saint James Roman Catholic Church
- Food Pantry
- Emmaus Ministries
- Prayer Shawl Ministry
- School Volunteers
- Opioid Support
- Senior Housing
- Parish Nurse
- Outreach Committee
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The community around Saint James Roman Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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: 40.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.1%
- Poverty Rate: 25.0% (15.8–34.2%)
- Child Poverty: 28.7% (10.4–47.1%)
- Depression: 24.9%
- Diabetes: 13.1%
- Unemployment: 7.8% (2.7–12.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Erie city is served by 103 churches — about one congregation for every 920 residents.
Churches near Saint James Roman Catholic Church
- Messiah Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Hope & Faith Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Abundant Life Church — 0.4 mi away
- Wesleyville Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Iglesia De Dios De La Profecia — 0.5 mi away
- Hopewell Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Grace Church — 0.6 mi away
- Bread of Heaven Tabernacle Church — 0.8 mi away
- Apostolic Church Jesus Christ — 0.8 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- The Church of Saint Mark the Evangelist — 1.1 mi away
- Mount Calvary Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away
- Holy Family Catholic Church — 1.9 mi away
- Saint Casimir Catholic Church — 2 mi away
- Holy Rosary Catholic Church — 2 mi away