Convalescent/Nursing Homes
Mrs. Arlene Hardaway (Parkway Health & Rehab)
Mrs. Isabel Samuels, Mrs. Willie Evelyn Malone (St. Peter Villa)
Mr. Floyd Shavers (Metro Community Care Home)
Ill at Home
Mrs. Audrey Allen, Mr. Herbert Allen, Mr. Joseph Alsandor, Mrs. Annie Hines Atkins, Mrs. Essie Berry, Mrs. Monique Meacham Bethany, Mr. Gerald Bond, Mrs. Toya Booker, Mrs. Lula Crawford, Mr. Robert Crowley, Mrs. Judy Epps, Mrs. Wendy Funches, Mr. Emory Gordon, Mrs. Lottie Gordon, Ms. Jacqueline Guerrero, Mr. William Harris, Mr. Darrell Hollimon, Mr. Willie Hollimon, Mrs. Helen Hoof, Mr. Robert Hooper, Dr. William Johnson, Mrs. Mary M. Jones, Mrs. Teresa Kimbrough, Mr. Ashton Charles Lewis, Mrs. Jenny Marshall, Mrs. Mary Monroe, Mrs. Mau- rice McDonald, Mrs. Florine McMillan, Mrs. Bobby Redmond, Mr. Frank Reynolds, Mr. Stanley Robin- son, Mrs. Allura Tate, Mrs. Forrestine Weed, Mr. Malcolm Weed, Mr. Johnnie Weaver, Mrs. Barbara Whitlow.
Our Church Who Calls St. Augustine Home?
Cradle Catholics and Many Alumnae Call St. Augustine Home
There's a saying among Black Catholics: "I was born Black, baptized a Catholic and I'll die a Black Catholic." This quote refers to what we call "Cradle Catholics."
Many of our parishioners are "Cradle Catholics," who have been members of St. Augustine for more than 50 years. Additionally, because of the School's history of educating African Americans, there is a strong connection to its graduates, many of whom are from other faiths, also.
There are many inter-generational families in regular attendance, as members, at St. Augustine. Family members often volunteer together in organizations, committees, and ministries. Serving together strengthens the family and benefits St. Augustine, too.
Above photo: St. Augustine choir members Lillian Payton (right) and Sheila Branch embrace as a sign of peace during the Mass honoring the church's 70th Anniversary on the celebrated Feast Day of its Patron Saint, St. Augustine of Hippo.
Demographics
St. Augustine has a strong emphasis on building the African American community and on social justice via organizations like the NAACP. The youth of the church are active and competitive. (Photo shows 2nd Annual NAACP Youth Award Winner from St. Augustine.)
Our congregation is mixed, but predominantly African American, aged infancy to 93. However, the predominant group of our adult parishioners, who attend faithfully, are classified as Middle-Aged to Senior Citizen.
Above photo: Monte Flowers, one of St. Augustine's three NAACP Youth of the Year Awardees is surrounded by, from bottom left to right, Ms. Mariah Wilks and Mrs. Ruby Wharton. Top right to left, Mayor A.C. Wharton and Father John J. Geaney. Monte, with the help of the St. Augustine Catholic Church Family sold the most new and renewed subscriptions to the NAACP.
Services
St. Augustine Catholic Church offers four services to the community: Liturgical, Civic, Educational and Social.
Locale
Located in the urban, metropolitan South Memphis area, St. Augustine is easy accessible by interstate from Mississippi (I-55) and Arkansas (I-40).
There is easy access for those who live within 10 miles or less of the Church. To discover easy driving routes or bus transportation, click here now.
Attendance
The heaviest attendance at St. Augustine is during mid-winter.
More than 400 families (1200 persons) belong to the Church, and an average of 400 hundred parishioners attend any of the three services, each weekend. All data current as of the summer 2009 census.
“God does not ask you to surrender your nature or its faculties, for these are fresh from His hands, but to go with the same limbs that clad you at your birth into blessedness”. Father Isaac Hecker, founder of the Paulist Fathers
