Mar Gewargis Cathedral Chicago

Mar Gewargis Cathedral Chicago is a Catholic church at 7201 N Ashland Blvd in Chicago, IL 60626-2503. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 24 Catholic congregations in the city.

Mar Gewargis Church has a great significance for most Assyrians living in the Chicagoland area. It remains the Diocese Cathedral and a powerful symbol of faith in our Assyrian community.

Part of Holy Synod

7201 N Ashland Blvd, Chicago, IL, 60626-2503

Service times

  • Sunday, Friday 9am · & -

Phone: +17734654777 · Website: https://www.margewargis.org/

Shares a ministry location with Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church.

Mar Gewargis Cathedral Chicago 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 Mar Gewargis Cathedral Chicago

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 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,800 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.

  • Social Isolation: 34.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 20.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.0% (7.3–20.7%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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