Church of the Advent Episcopal
Church of the Advent Episcopal is a Catholic church at 104 W Elizabeth St in Brownsville, TX 78520-5547. It is one of 121 churches in Brownsville, and one of 5 Catholic congregations in the city.
Our Lord calls those of us who are members of The Church of the Advent to be faithful in our worship and to each other. We are a Spiritual Community of women, men and children learning how to serve our Lord, day by day. The Ministries and Programs here at Advent are designed to help us discover not
The Church of the Advent in Brownsville was established in 1851 by a group of Episcopalian citizens and army personnel stationed at Fort Brown.
Serving since 1851 · Services in Spanish
104 W Elizabeth St, Brownsville, TX, 78520-5547Service times
- Thursday 7pm · evenings Advent
Phone: +19565424123 · Website: https://adventbrownsville.org/
Church of the Advent Episcopal 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.
Ministries at Church of the Advent Episcopal
- Food & Assistance Ministries
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The community around Church of the Advent Episcopal
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of working-age adults live without health insurance, and nearly half 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.
- Child Poverty: 54.5% (36.7–72.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 49.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 47.0%
- Obesity: 46.1%
- Poverty Rate: 41.7% (28.5–55.0%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 38.4% (28.6–48.3%)
- Diabetes: 26.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Church of the Advent Episcopal
- Vida Nueva Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.1 mi away
- Church Of God Seventh Day Brownsville Bilingual (cog7) — 0.1 mi away
- Espiritu De Gracia — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Fuente de Poder — 0.3 mi away
- St. Thomas Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Alliance Church — 0.4 mi away
- St Joseph Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
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- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Brownsville, TX — 1.3 mi away
- Mary, Mother of the Church — 1.5 mi away
- St Paul's Episcopal Church — 1.8 mi away