Saint Mary's Church
Saint Mary's Church is a Catholic church in Lake Forest, IL 60045. It is one of 14 churches in Lake Forest.
Lake Forest, IL, 60045Saint Mary's 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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Latest from Old St. Mary's Catholic Church, Chicago IL's YouTube channel: Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time | August 3, 2026 | 8:30 AM Mass (all videos).
The community around Saint Mary's Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 10 the people here were born in another country, and about 1 in 20 travel more than an hour to work. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 27.9%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Lake Forest city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 1,576 residents.
Churches near Saint Mary's Church
- Church of St. Mary — 0 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Holy Spirit — 0.5 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Lily Reid Holt Chapel — 0.7 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Fuente de Amor — 1 mi away
- Faith Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- Christ Church — 1.6 mi away
- Saint James Lutheran Church — 1.9 mi away
- Union Church of Lake Bluff — 2 mi away in Lake Bluff, IL
More Catholic churches nearby
- Church of St. Mary — 0 mi away
- St. Patrick Church — 2.3 mi away
- Grace Anglican Fellowship, Lake Forest, Illinois — 2.4 mi away
- Saint James Church — 3.5 mi away in Highwood, IL
- Immaculate Conception Church — 5.2 mi away in Highland Park, IL
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