Saint Bronislava Catholic Church
Saint Bronislava Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 8708 South Colfax Avenue in Chicago, IL 60617. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 92 Catholic congregations in the city.
8708 South Colfax Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60617Website: https://www.archchicago.org
Saint Bronislava 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 Saint Bronislava 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. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Child Poverty: 50.4% (31.3–69.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 50.3%
- Obesity: 45.1%
- Social Isolation: 40.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 38.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.5%
- Poverty Rate: 34.4% (20.0–48.9%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.7%
- Diabetes: 20.4%
- Unemployment: 17.8% (8.7–26.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (7.4–19.7%)
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.
Churches near Saint Bronislava Catholic Church
- Unity Center of Truth — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Helm Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Gabaon Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- SHSChurch — 0.3 mi away
- Sweet Holy Spirit Church — 0.3 mi away
- St Mary Magdalene Church — 0.4 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- End Time Full Gospel Church — 0.5 mi away
- Victory Outreach Church Southeast Chicago — 0.5 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
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- St Mary Magdalene Church — 0.4 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away
- Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away