Assumption BVM
Assumption BVM is a Roman Catholic church at 728 West Centre Street in Mahanoy City, PA 17948. It is one of 16 churches in Mahanoy City, and one of 4 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
The Allentown Diocese is a Roman Catholic family of faith, centered in the Holy Eucharist, faithful to the Church's teachings, bringing the Light of Christ to each other and to our community.
728 West Centre Street, Mahanoy City, PA, 17948Assumption BVM 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.
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The community around Assumption BVM
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 32.3% (21.0–43.6%)
- Unemployment: 12.3% (6.6–18.1%)
- Obesity: 43.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
- Diabetes: 16.0%
- Depression: 26.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Mahanoy City borough is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 221 residents.
Churches near Assumption BVM
- Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Theresa of Calcutta Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First American Primitive Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Casimir's Parish — 0.3 mi away
- St. Paul's United Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Christ Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church of Mahanoy City — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Fidelis — 0.6 mi away
- Salem Evangelical Congregational Church — 0.7 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Theresa of Calcutta Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Fidelis — 0.6 mi away
- Sacred Heart Church — 1.2 mi away
- Saint Stephen's Slovak Catholic Church — 2.7 mi away in Shenandoah, PA
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