Saint Genevieves Roman Catholic Church
Saint Genevieves Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 4835-4847 West Altgeld Street in Chicago, IL 60639. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 134 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
4835-4847 West Altgeld Street, Chicago, IL, 60639Saint Genevieves Roman 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 Genevieves Roman 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. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 34.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 28.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.0% (14.3–27.7%)
- Social Isolation: 37.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
- Diabetes: 13.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), 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 Genevieves Roman Catholic Church
- Starting Point Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Misionera Bautista North Avenue — 0.2 mi away
- Humboldt Park United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Resurrected Life Church International — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia De Dios Embajadores De Cristo — 0.4 mi away
- Jehovahs Witnesses Northwest Unit — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia El Consolador Inc — 0.5 mi away
- New Life Covenant — 0.5 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Del Olivar — 0.5 mi away
- Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
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