Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church is a Catholic church at 701 Oglethorpe Street Northwest in Washington, DC 20011. It is one of 748 churches in Washington, and one of 37 Catholic congregations in the city.
Our mission is to be a congregation where we joyfully grow together in Christ through worship, education, and spiritual discipline; and to be a Christian fellowship where our gifts are used, together with other churches and organizations, in sustaining a common network for meeting human needs and pr
We are a joyous, lively congregation, and we genuinely like to interact with each other. Our church environment is warm and friendly. We see our church as a family and community of friends who are supportive of one another. Our congregation is composed primarily of members from the African American, African, and Caribbean communities. Each culture contributes its own unique richness, and we welcome diversity from all races and ethnicities.
Part of Episcopal Diocese
701 Oglethorpe Street Northwest, Washington, DC, 20011Service times
- Sunday 10am · School that is also
Phone: (202) 726-1862 · Website: https://holycomforterdc.org/
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 53 congregations of the Catholic family gather across District of Columbia — 18,933 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 Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
- Walker Learning Center
- Summer School for Homeless Youth
- Community Outreach Events
- Prayer and Evangelism Ministry
- Acolytes
- Altar Guild
- Episcopal Church Women (ECW)
- Men’s Ministry
- The Order of the Daughters of the King
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The community around Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 7 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 the people here were born in another country. That is 2,500 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: 36.8%
- Food Insecurity: 15.5%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Washington city is served by 535 churches — about one congregation for every 1,253 residents.
Churches near Holy Comforter Episcopal Church
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- Iglesia Misionera Cuerpo de Cristo Central — 0.3 mi away
- Exodus Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Emory United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Albright Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Berean Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Nativity Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Redeemer Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Peabody Street Mennonite Church — 0.4 mi away
- International Deliverance Church of God — 0.4 mi away
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