Saint Ambrose Cathedral
Saint Ambrose Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church at 607 High Street in Des Moines, IA 50309. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines, and one of 4 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
Welcome to St. Ambrose Cathedral! Experience prayer with our beautiful faith community.
Wheelchair accessible
607 High Street, Des Moines, IA, 50309Service times
- Saturday 4pm
Phone: (515) 288-7411 · Website: http://www.saintambrosecathedral.org/
Saint Ambrose Cathedral is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 442 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Iowa — 18,927 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 Saint Ambrose Cathedral
- Ushers
- Seasonal Decor
- Altar Servers
- Cantors
- Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist
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The community around Saint Ambrose Cathedral
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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: 34.8%
- Poverty Rate: 19.6% (13.4–25.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near Saint Ambrose Cathedral
- Escuelas Catolicas, Diocesis de Des Moines — 0 mi away
- Saint John's Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul — 0.2 mi away
- The Gateway Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Burns United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Corinthian Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Paul African Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Walnut Creek Church - Downtown — 0.7 mi away
- Kyles A.M.E. Zion Church — 0.7 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Anthony's Church — 1.2 mi away
- Basilica of Saint John — 1.2 mi away
- Visitation Catholic Church — 1.4 mi away
- St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church and Student Center — 1.7 mi away
- Des Moines Intentional Eucharistic Community — 2 mi away