Saint Michael Polish National Catholic Church
Saint Michael Polish National Catholic Church is a Catholic church in East Chicago, IN 46312. It is one of 89 churches in East Chicago, and one of 10 Catholic congregations in the city.
East Chicago, IN, 46312Saint Michael Polish National Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 388 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Indiana — 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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The community around Saint Michael Polish National Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 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: 53.9% (34.2–73.6%)
- Obesity: 46.2%
- Food Insecurity: 40.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.0%
- Poverty Rate: 30.9% (19.7–42.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 27.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.1%
- Diabetes: 18.9%
- Social Isolation: 35.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.3% (8.3–20.4%)
- Unemployment: 7.9% (3.0–12.7%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
East Chicago city is served by 55 churches — about one congregation for every 479 residents.
Churches near Saint Michael Polish National Catholic Church
- Faith World Christian Center — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Despertamiento Nueva Sion Indiana — 0.1 mi away
- Word International Apostleship Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Fundamental — 0.3 mi away
- Central Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Margaret Mary Church — 0.4 mi away in Hammond, IN
- Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostés — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Margaret Mary Church — 0.4 mi away in Hammond, IN
- Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
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