Saint Dorothy Church
Saint Dorothy Church is a Catholic church at 7743 South Vernon Avenue in Chicago, IL 60619. It is one of 3,017 churches in Chicago, and one of 92 Catholic congregations in the city.
7743 South Vernon Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60619Website: https://stdorothy.weconnect.com/
Saint Dorothy Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Saint Dorothy Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,400 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.
- Obesity: 45.2%
- Food Insecurity: 40.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.5%
- Diabetes: 20.6%
- Unemployment: 20.2% (9.6–30.9%)
- Social Isolation: 39.1%
- Child Poverty: 36.9% (21.1–53.2%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%
- Poverty Rate: 28.1% (15.5–40.6%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Saint Dorothy Church
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- Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Jehovahs Witnesses Avalon Park Unit — 0.2 mi away
- First Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Faith Ministries International — 0.3 mi away
- Ephphatha Lutheran Church of the Deaf — 0.3 mi away
- Heart of the Lamb Outreach Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- The People Of The Name Apostolic Assembly — 0.3 mi away
- Full Life Church Chicago — 0.3 mi away
- Glory Temple Kingdom Ministries — 0.3 mi away