Saint Basil Catholic Mission

Saint Basil Catholic Mission is a Catholic church at 700-706 East 91st Street in Chicago, IL 60619. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 115 Catholic congregations in the city.

700-706 East 91st Street, Chicago, IL, 60619

Shares a ministry location with First Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ - South Chicago, IL.

Saint Basil Catholic Mission 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 Basil Catholic Mission

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 93.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 41.3% (24.4–58.2%)
  • Food Insecurity: 39.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.3%
  • Unemployment: 27.3% (14.3–40.4%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.8%
  • Diabetes: 20.1%
  • Obesity: 44.2%
  • Social Isolation: 38.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.9%

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

Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.

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