Newman Catholic Student Center

Newman Catholic Student Center is a Catholic church in Iowa City, IA 52245. It is one of 75 churches in Iowa City.

Iowa City, IA, 52245

Newman Catholic Student Center 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.

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The community around Newman Catholic Student Center

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,400 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 70.5%
  • Social Isolation: 42.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 31.7%
  • Depression: 30.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
  • Unemployment: 7.6% (3.7–11.4%)

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

Iowa City city is served by 43 churches — about one congregation for every 1,698 residents.

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