Saint Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church
Saint Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 301 Jefferson Avenue in Waco, TX 76701. It is one of 284 churches in Waco, and one of 8 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
Our goal is to establish a good formation of Catholics with a growing concern for the Immigrant and the poor.
Our mission is to provide a place of worship for the community and the travelers, looking for meaning, re-establishing their faith or enriching their spirituality.
Services in Spanish
301 Jefferson Avenue, Waco, TX, 76701Service times
- Wednesday 7pm
Phone: +1 254-752-8434 · Website: https://stfrancistorwaco.org/
Saint Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church 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 Saint Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church
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. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.
- Child Poverty: 60.6% (41.9–79.4%)
- Poverty Rate: 44.1% (32.7–55.5%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.7% (15.1–30.3%)
- Diabetes: 18.2%
- Obesity: 44.7%
- Unemployment: 8.8% (2.1–15.7%)
- Depression: 25.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Waco city is served by 124 churches — about one congregation for every 1,084 residents.
Churches near Saint Francis on the Brazos Catholic Church
- Primera Iglesia Bautista — 0.1 mi away
- Temple of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- ICBF Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church N.B.C. — 0.3 mi away
- Templo Nueva Vida de Waco — 0.3 mi away
- Glory Bell Church — 0.3 mi away
- Lovers Leap Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Connect Church — 0.3 mi away
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