St. Donatus Catholic Church
St. Donatus Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 1939 Union Street in Blue Island, IL 60406. It is one of 32 churches in Blue Island, and one of 3 Catholic congregations in the city.
1939 Union Street, Blue Island, IL, 60406St. Donatus 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. Donatus Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 32.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.4%
- Social Isolation: 38.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
- Unemployment: 8.8% (3.5–14.0%)
- Obesity: 37.3%
- Poverty Rate: 16.7% (8.1–25.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
- Diabetes: 14.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Blue Island city is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 975 residents.
Churches near St. Donatus Catholic Church
- Saint Isidore Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Benedict Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Gospel Synergy Magazine Inc — 0.5 mi away in Calumet Park, IL
- The Pentecostal Church Blue Island — 0.6 mi away
- Christ Memorial United Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Aidan's Episcopal Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Peter and Saint Paul Slovak Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- Orchard Street Christian Church — 0.8 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Isidore Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Benedict Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Seven Holy Founders Church — 0.9 mi away in Calumet Park, IL
- Mother of Sorrows Convent — 1.3 mi away
- Saint Walter's Roman Catholic Church — 1.5 mi away in Chicago, IL
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