St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church and Student Center

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church and Student Center is a Roman Catholic church at 1150 28th Street in Des Moines, IA 50311. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines, and one of 4 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

1150 28th Street, Des Moines, IA, 50311

Phone: +1 515 650 8646 · Website: https://stcatherinedrake.org/

St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church and Student Center is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 443 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Iowa — 19,012 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.

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The community around St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church and Student Center

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. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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.

  • Obesity: 41.3%
  • Social Isolation: 38.5%
  • Child Poverty: 37.8% (19.3–56.8%)
  • Poverty Rate: 28.7% (16.8–40.6%)
  • Food Insecurity: 24.6%
  • Unemployment: 10.9% (5.4–16.5%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
  • Depression: 24.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%

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

Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.

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