Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic church at 420 Main Road in Wilkes-Barre, PA 18706. It is one of 82 churches in Wilkes-Barre, and one of 4 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

420 Main Road, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18706

Exaltation of the Holy Cross is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,113 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 19,012 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 Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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.

  • Obesity: 39.3%
  • Child Poverty: 29.7% (16.5–43.0%)
  • Depression: 24.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.1% (11.7–24.6%)

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

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