St. Edward's Parish
St. Edward's Parish is a Catholic church at 1310 South Palestine Street in Athens, TX 75751. It is one of 88 churches in Athens.
1310 South Palestine Street, Athens, TX, 75751St. Edward's Parish is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,262 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Texas — 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 St. Edward's Parish
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. About 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance, and about 1 in 7 working-age adults live without health insurance. 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.4% (10.9–21.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Athens city is served by 27 churches — about one congregation for every 313 residents.
Churches near St. Edward's Parish
- Landmark Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Matthias Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Petersburg Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Faith Church of Athens — 0.6 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.6 mi away
- Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.8 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.9 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista New Life — 0.9 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Church — 10.6 mi away in Malakoff, TX
- Mary Queen of Heaven Catholic Church — 10.7 mi away in Malakoff, TX
- St. Jude Catholic Church — 18.9 mi away in Gun Barrel City, TX
- St. Boniface Catholic Church — 23.2 mi away in Chandler, TX