Our Lady of Refuge Roman Catholic Church
Our Lady of Refuge Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 290 East 196th Street in New York, NY 10458. It is one of 3,443 churches in New York, and one of 186 Catholic congregations in the city.
290 East 196th Street, New York, NY, 10458Website: http://www.ourladyofrefuge.com
Our Lady of Refuge Roman Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Our Lady of Refuge Roman Catholic Church
- Food Pantry
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The community around Our Lady of Refuge Roman Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 10,700 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.
- Food Insecurity: 47.4%
- Social Isolation: 42.5%
- Child Poverty: 40.8% (20.8–60.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 38.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.2%
- Poverty Rate: 33.3% (21.0–45.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.0%
- Unemployment: 15.7% (8.3–23.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 21.0%
- Diabetes: 16.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
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