Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 7719 River Road in Townsend, TN 37882. It is one of 13 churches in Townsend.
We believe there is a place for you in our family of faith, and we are eager to welcome you.
We are adopted brothers and sisters of Jesus, the Son of God and Son of Mary. We belong to the family of faith established 2000 years ago by Jesus Christ himself.
Serving since 1991
7719 River Road, Townsend, TN, 37882Phone: (865) 448-6070 · Website: https://www.stfrancistownsend.org/
Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 195 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Tennessee — 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.
Ministries at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
- Society of St. Vincent De Paul
- Council of Catholic Women
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The community around Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
It takes 3.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Depression: 27.9%
- Diabetes: 16.5%
- Obesity: 36.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church
- Rio Townsend — 0.4 mi away
- Camp Ground United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Caylor Chapel — 0.9 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Tuckaleechee United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Tuckaleechee Primitive Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Shepherd's Glory — 1.7 mi away
- Kinzel Springs Missionary Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
- Church of the Cove — 2.5 mi away
- Headrick Chapel — 4.5 mi away in Sevierville, TN
More Catholic churches nearby
- Holy Family Catholic Church — 13 mi away in Seymour, TN
- Holy Cross Catholic Church — 13.2 mi away in Pigeon Forge, TN
- Saint Mary Catholic Church — 13.5 mi away in Gatlinburg, TN
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church — 14.8 mi away in Alcoa, TN
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