Saint Marys Catholic Church
Saint Marys Catholic Church is a Catholic church in Sterling, IL 61081. It is one of 42 churches in Sterling, and one of 3 Catholic congregations in the city.
Sterling, IL, 61081Saint Marys Catholic 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 Saint Marys Catholic Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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: 34.3%
- Obesity: 37.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.7%
- Food Insecurity: 18.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
- Unemployment: 6.0% (0.0–12.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Sterling city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 505 residents.
Churches near Saint Marys Catholic Church
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Amazing Grace Assembly of Sterling — 0.3 mi away
- The Big Red Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Congregational Church of Sterling — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Johns Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Abiding Word Church — 0.4 mi away
- Spanish Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- City of God — 0.5 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- The Big Red Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Andrew Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away in Rock Falls, IL
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away
- Saint Flannen Catholic Church — 8.9 mi away in Harmon, IL
- St Patrick's Catholic Church — 11.6 mi away in Dixon, IL