Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church
Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 1010 Ferguson St in Rockford, IL 61102. It is one of 291 churches in Rockford, and one of 6 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
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1010 Ferguson St, Rockford, IL, 61102Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 6:15am · - - Rosary - -
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 6:30am · - - Rosary - -
Phone: (815) 968-2798 · Website: https://www.stanthonyrockford.org/
Saint Anthony of Padua 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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Latest from St. Anthony Church - Rockford, IL's YouTube channel: Sunday, August 2, 2026 (all videos).
The community around Saint Anthony of Padua 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 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 77.7%
- Obesity: 51.8%
- Food Insecurity: 42.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.3%
- Diabetes: 19.2%
- Unemployment: 16.9% (5.8–28.0%)
- Social Isolation: 39.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
- Poverty Rate: 27.5% (12.7–42.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 20.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Rockford city is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 832 residents.
Churches near Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church
- Tabernacle Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Victory Outreach Rockford — 0.2 mi away
- House of Life Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christ the Carpenter United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Goshen Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Galilee Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Israel of God Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Zion — 0.5 mi away
- Temple of Blessing Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- New Zion Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
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