Bishop Baraga Shrine

Bishop Baraga Shrine is a church in MI 49946.

On the stretch of US 41 between L'Anse and Baraga, is a giant copper figure standing astride a silvery cloud rising some 60 feet above the bluff overlooking Keweenaw Bay. This heroic statue pays tribute to one of the earliest and most beloved pioneers of the Keweenaw, Frederic Baraga, the Snowshoe Priest who became the first Bishop of the Upper Peninsula and the Apostle of the Great Lakes.

MI, 49946

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The community around Bishop Baraga Shrine

It takes 8.7 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 nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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: 41.3%
  • Social Isolation: 33.0%
  • Depression: 26.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.8%
  • Diabetes: 15.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%
  • Unemployment: 6.3% (3.6–8.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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