Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church
Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church is a church at 1300 Locust in Merkel, TX 79536. It is one of 16 churches in Merkel.
1300 Locust, Merkel, TX, 79536Phone: (325) 928-5239 · Website: http://ourmotherofmercycatholic.placeweb.site
Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,256 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Texas — 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 Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 37.2%
- Depression: 24.7%
- Child Poverty: 24.4% (13.2–35.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%
- Diabetes: 13.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.1% (6.4–15.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church
- Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Love & Care Industries — 1.1 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Abundant Life Assembly — 1.5 mi away
- Salt Branch Cowboy Church — 3.6 mi away
- Country Side Baptist Church — 5.8 mi away
- Church of Christ — 6.4 mi away in Trent, TX
- First Baptist Church — 6.5 mi away in Trent, TX
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