Our Mother of Mercy (Diocese of Beaumont, Beaumont)

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Mother of Mercy
Dedication: Mother of Mercy
Type/Classification: Territorial Parish
Non-Parochial: No
Operated By: Diocesan clergy
Venerated Saints: None specified
Diocese: Diocese of Beaumont
Deanery:
Address: 3390 Sarah St., Beaumont, Texas 77705-3022
City: Beaumont, TX
Subdivision: Texas
Country: United States
County: Jefferson County
Website: Website
Founded: 1926
School: No
Email: None specified
AI Confidence: 6/10
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Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church is a territorial parish of the Diocese of Beaumont, located in Beaumont, Texas. The parish is dedicated under the title of Mother of Mercy, an invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary emphasizing her role as an intercessor for sinners and the suffering.

Founded in 1926, Our Mother of Mercy has served Catholic families in Beaumont and surrounding Jefferson County for nearly a century. The parish continues to serve as a territorial community within the diocese, offering regular sacramental life to its congregation.

The parish maintains an active presence in the local Catholic community, with worship and ministry centered on its church building at Sarah Street in Beaumont.

History

According to available sources, Our Mother of Mercy Parish was established in 1926 to serve the Catholic community in Beaumont, Texas.[1] The parish falls under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Beaumont, which was established in 1966 to cover southeastern Texas; prior to that date, the parish would have belonged to an earlier diocesan jurisdiction covering the region.[2]

Specific details regarding the parish's founding pastors, early construction history, and subsequent building campaigns are not fully documented in publicly available sources. The parish has continued to operate as a territorial parish serving Jefferson County into the twenty-first century.

Special features

  • Nearly a century of continuous parish life in Beaumont, Texas
  • Active parish ministries serving the local Catholic community

Relics

According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of the church may contain relics of saints, as is customary in dedicated Catholic churches. Specific details regarding relics housed at Our Mother of Mercy are not publicly documented in available sources.

Architecture and Art

Exterior features

Specific architectural details regarding the exterior of the church building are not publicly documented in available sources.

Interior features

The worship space is arranged in the traditional manner of Catholic parish churches, with the sanctuary and altar as the focal point for the celebration of the Mass.

Stained Glass Windows

Specific details on the church's stained glass windows, if present, are not publicly documented in available sources.

Statues and Sculptures

Devotional imagery in the church likely includes representations of the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title of Mother of Mercy, though specific details are not publicly documented in available sources.

Other Artwork

No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.

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References

  1. ↑ "Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church". Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church. https://omomchurchbmt.com/. 
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Beaumont". Diocese of Beaumont. https://www.dioceseofbmt.org/. 
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