St. Gelasius Church
St. Gelasius Church is a Roman Catholic church at 6415 South Woodlawn Avenue in Chicago, IL 60637. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 134 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
6415 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637Shares a ministry location with Shrine of Christ the King.
St. Gelasius Church 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 St. Gelasius 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 a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 27.9%
- Unemployment: 14.0% (7.0–21.1%)
- Social Isolation: 38.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.4%
- Obesity: 39.8%
- Poverty Rate: 21.5% (11.8–31.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.3%
- Diabetes: 14.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near St. Gelasius Church
- Shrine of Christ the King — 0 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0 mi away
- Christian Temple Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Concord Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Apostolic Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Woodlawn Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christ Church Chicago — 0.3 mi away
- Cornerstone Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Living Testimony Ministry — 0.3 mi away
- Anew Church — 0.4 mi away in Oak Lawn, IL
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