Saint Simon Catholic Church
Saint Simon Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 5157-5159 South California Avenue in Chicago, IL 60632. It is one of 3,017 churches in Chicago, and one of 92 Catholic congregations in the city.
5157-5159 South California Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60632Website: http://www.stsimontheapostlechurch.org/
Saint Simon Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Saint Simon Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third of working-age adults live without health insurance, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 39.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 32.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
- Unemployment: 15.2% (8.1–22.4%)
- Social Isolation: 38.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.0% (10.9–23.1%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
- Obesity: 36.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
- Poverty Rate: 16.3% (8.9–23.7%)
- Diabetes: 14.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Saint Simon Catholic Church
- Christ Gospel Church of Chicago-Roca Fuerte — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia del Evangelio de Cristo — 0.2 mi away
- New Life Covenant — 0.3 mi away
- Dr Martin Luther Church — 0.3 mi away
- Tabor Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Christian Charismatic Church La Nueva Uncion — 0.4 mi away
- St. Clare of Montefalco Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Amor y Fe Iglesia — 0.4 mi away
- Body of Christ M. B. Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church — 0.5 mi away