St. Mary of the Visitation
St. Mary of the Visitation is a Catholic church at 113 East Fourth Street in Ottumwa, IA 52501. It is one of 70 churches in Ottumwa, and one of 2 Catholic congregations in the city.
113 East Fourth Street, Ottumwa, IA, 52501Website: http://www.stmaryofthevisitationinottumwa.net
St. Mary of the Visitation 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. Mary of the Visitation
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 43.7%
- Social Isolation: 35.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.1%
- Food Insecurity: 21.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.7%
- Poverty Rate: 21.8% (12.5–31.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.0%
- Diabetes: 13.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Ottumwa city is served by 48 churches — about one congregation for every 285 residents.
Churches near St. Mary of the Visitation
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Bridge Church - Ottumwa Campus — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesio de Cristo Ebenezer — 0.1 mi away
- Jubilee Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Patricks Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away
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- Saint Marys Church — 22.5 mi away in Oskaloosa, IA
- St. Mary Catholic Church, Oskaloosa — 22.6 mi away in Oskaloosa, IA
- Saint Marys Catholic Church — 23.2 mi away in Fairfield, IA