Nativity Catholic Church

Nativity Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 1447 Engracia Avenue in Torrance, CA 90501. It is one of 113 churches in Torrance, and one of 4 Catholic congregations in the city.

Our mission is to form hearts for Christ by proclaiming the Good News with conviction, clarity, and compassion.

Every Christian community is nourished and made strong by the presence of those who dedicated themselves completely to the care of their brothers and sisters in Christ, who are in a special way a sign of the faith in their midst.

1447 Engracia Avenue, Torrance, CA, 90501

Service times

  • Sunday 7am · Vigil
  • Sunday 8am · Vigil
  • Sunday 9:30am · Vigil
  • Sunday 11am · Vigil

Phone: (310) 328-2776 · Website: https://www.nativitytorrance.org/

Nativity Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,406 congregations of the Catholic family gather across California — 18,926 across the United States on The Church Map.

From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.

Ministries at Nativity Catholic Church

  • Food Drive
  • Altar Servers
  • Eucharistic Ministers
  • Knights of Columbus
  • Spanish Prayer Group
  • Young Adults
  • Mental Health Awareness

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The community around Nativity Catholic Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 38.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
  • Unemployment: 6.9% (1.9–11.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Torrance city is served by 30 churches — about one congregation for every 4,848 residents.

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