St Mary's Knanaya Catholic Church

St Mary's Knanaya Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 7800 Lyons Street in Morton Grove, IL 60053. It is one of 7 churches in Morton Grove, and one of 2 Catholic congregations in the city.

St. Mary’s Knanaya Catholic Parish of Chicago commits to serve the pastoral needs of the Knanaya Catholics in the state of Illinois, having domicile on the Northside of the Expressway 90 and those having domicile in the state of Wisconsin, in communion with the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago and the Archeparchy of Kottayam, especially by providing liturgical services in the Syro-Malabar and Syro-Malankara Rites, offering Religious Education and spiritual formation, organizing pious associations, Ministries for all ages, koodara yogams (ward prayer meetings), promoting Knan

Serving since 2010

7800 Lyons Street, Morton Grove, IL, 60053

Service times

  • Friday 6pm

Phone: (847) 293-9409 · Website: https://smkcparish.us/

St Mary's Knanaya 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.

Ministries at St Mary's Knanaya Catholic Church

  • Women Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • Men Ministry
  • Little Flower Mission League
  • Teens Ministry
  • St. Vincent de Paul Society
  • Legion of Mary
  • Prayer Group
  • Darsana Samooham
  • Angels Prayer Group for kids

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The community around St Mary's Knanaya 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 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 10 the people here live without health insurance. That is 2,300 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.

  • Social Isolation: 32.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (6.8–18.3%)
  • Unemployment: 6.4% (1.8–11.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Morton Grove village is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 4,448 residents.

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