Saint Ritas Catholic Church
Saint Ritas Catholic Church is a church in Alexandria, LA 71301. It is one of 179 churches in Alexandria.
Alexandria, LA, 71301Saint Ritas Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 578 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Louisiana — 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 Ritas Catholic Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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.
- Food Insecurity: 55.8%
- Obesity: 54.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 46.5%
- Social Isolation: 45.0%
- Poverty Rate: 44.7% (29.5–59.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 39.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 28.5%
- Diabetes: 25.6%
- Depression: 27.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.2% (5.3–25.1%)
- Unemployment: 8.2% (1.7–14.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Alexandria city is served by 101 churches — about one congregation for every 303 residents.
Churches near Saint Ritas Catholic Church
- Saint Rita Church — 0.1 mi away
- Philadelphia Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Saint Mark Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Saint Mark Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Union Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Gospel Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Enterprise Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Rita Church — 0.1 mi away
- Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral — 0.9 mi away
- Saint James Memorial Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church — 1.7 mi away in Pineville, LA
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