Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague

The community around Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague

It takes 3.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 44.4%
• Social Isolation: 35.1%
• Diabetes: 18.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.1%
• Food Insecurity: 18.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Wakefield town is served by 2 churches — about one congregation for every 984 residents.

Churches near Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague

• Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Wakefield United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Wakefield Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Holiness Church — 0.4 mi away
• Pocahontas Temple Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Mars Hill Church — 0.7 mi away
• Oak Grove Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Piney Grove Church — 2.7 mi away
• Burtons Grove Christian UCC — 3.6 mi away