Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 303 South Poplar Street in Carbondale, IL 62901. It is one of 56 churches in Carbondale, and one of 2 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

303 South Poplar Street, Carbondale, IL, 62901

Phone: (618) 457-4556 · Website: https://www.stfxcarbondale.org/

Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,056 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Illinois — 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 Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church

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 half of the people here live below the poverty line, 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 56.5%
  • Social Isolation: 40.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 35.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
  • Obesity: 44.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.4%
  • Unemployment: 9.4% (0.9–18.0%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.4%
  • Depression: 25.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Carbondale city is served by 9 churches — about one congregation for every 1,685 residents.

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