St. Thomas More Catholic Parish

St. Thomas More Catholic Parish is a Roman Catholic church at 116 Theodore Street in Scranton, PA 18508. It is one of 88 churches in Scranton, and one of 6 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

116 Theodore Street, Scranton, PA, 18508

Phone: (570) 343-0634 · Website: https://stmscranton.org/

St. Thomas More Catholic Parish 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 St. Thomas More Catholic Parish

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 25.8% (17.0–34.6%)
  • Obesity: 36.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.0%
  • Depression: 24.8%
  • Diabetes: 13.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Scranton city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 2,306 residents.

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