St. Henry Catholic Church
St. Henry Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 1619 S Flores St, San Antonio, TX, 78204 in San Antonio, TX 78204. It is one of 1,631 churches in San Antonio, and one of 49 Catholic congregations in the city.
In the late 1800's a group of German speaking Catholics, members of St. Joseph Catholic Church in downtown San Antonio, petitoned the bishop for a school located in their own neighborhood. Hence, in 1893 St. Henry's Academy was founded under the guidance of Rev. Henry Pefferkorn, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church. In 1904 the German speaking community of St. Joseph's needed to expand and St. Henry Catholic Church was established with Rev. Henry M. Wirtz as it's first pastor.Many years have passed and the dynamic and culture of St. Henry Catholic Church has changed and grown; but there are s
Services in Spanish
1619 S Flores St, San Antonio, TX, 78204, San Antonio, TX, 78204Website: https://www.sthenrysatx.org/
Shares a ministry location with Catholic Center Charismatic.
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The community around St. Henry Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 working-age adults live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.6% (15.1–30.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
- Diabetes: 15.5%
- Poverty Rate: 19.8% (4.8–34.9%)
- Unemployment: 7.3% (2.5–12.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
San Antonio city is served by 829 churches — about one congregation for every 1,707 residents.
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- Intimos Bible Community — 0.5 mi away
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