St. George Byzantine Catholic Church
St. George Byzantine Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 667 Sheridan Street, Aurora, IL, 60505-2253 in Aurora, IL 60505. It is one of 142 churches in Aurora, and one of 7 Catholic congregations in the city.
St. George was founded in 1935, and for several decades liturgies were held in the church's basement while the parish raised funds for further buildout. The upper church was dedicated in 1966.
Serving since 1935
667 Sheridan Street, Aurora, IL, 60505-2253, Aurora, IL, 60505Service times
- Sunday 10am
Phone: (630) 851-4002 · Website: http://stgeorgeaurora.org/
St. George Byzantine Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,063 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Illinois — 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. George Byzantine Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 28.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.6%
- Social Isolation: 36.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.7% (12.1–23.3%)
- Obesity: 39.6%
- Diabetes: 13.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%
- Unemployment: 7.8% (3.4–12.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Aurora city is served by 45 churches — about one congregation for every 3,949 residents.
Churches near St. George Byzantine Catholic Church
- Original Temple of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Michaels Eastern Rite Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Michael Romanian Byzantine Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Centro De Restauracion En Cristo — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Nicholas Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Assembly of Christian Churches — 0.7 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Emanuel — 0.7 mi away
- Claim Street Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Michaels Eastern Rite Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Michael Romanian Byzantine Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Nicholas Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away