St. John's Chapel

St. John's Chapel is a Roman Catholic church at 604 East Armory Avenue in Champaign, IL 61820. It is one of 97 churches in Champaign, and one of 2 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

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604 East Armory Avenue, Champaign, IL, 61820

Service times

  • Saturday 5pm
  • Sunday 10:30am
  • Sunday 5pm
  • Sunday 9pm

Phone: (217) 344-1266 · Website: http://www.sjcncministries.org

St. John's Chapel 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.

Ministries at St. John's Chapel

  • Catholic campus ministry programs

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Upcoming events at St. John's Chapel

  • Mon, Sep 21 · All day: Sheen Week
  • Mon, Sep 21 · 8 PM: Small Group Bible Studies — St John's Catholic Newman Center
  • Tue, Sep 22 · 6 PM: Tuesdays Together: Sheen Night — at The Yard, NW corner of Sixth & Armory
  • Wed, Sep 23 · 7 PM: Faith Explained (OCIA): Meeting God in Prayer — St John's Catholic Newman Center
  • Wed, Sep 23 · 7 PM: Fulton Sheen Beatification Pilgrimage — St John's Catholic Newman Center

From St. John's Chapel's public calendar (http://www.sjcncministries.org). Times are the church's local time.

The community around St. John's Chapel

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. More than 4 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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: 85.3%
  • Social Isolation: 47.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 43.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 27.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
  • Depression: 31.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.6%

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

Champaign city is served by 45 churches — about one congregation for every 1,849 residents.

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