Saint Albert the Great Catholic Church
Saint Albert the Great Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 409 West Dakota Avenue in Hammond, LA 70401-2517. It is one of 99 churches in Hammond, and one of 3 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
Our focus is developing the God-given virtues of faith, trust, love/charity, and hope as the basis for mature, healthy human relationships.
Our mission is to provide a place for students of Southeastern Louisiana University, especially those baptized into the Catholic Christian faith, to experience a sense of community based on the religious and moral principles taught by Christ through His One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.
409 West Dakota Avenue, Hammond, LA, 70401-2517Service times
- Monday 11:30am · Reconciliation -
Phone: +1 985-345-7206 · Website: https://www.stalbertselu.org/
Saint Albert the Great Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 577 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Louisiana — 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. Albert Catholic Student Center, SLU's YouTube channel: August 4, 2026 at 12:30 pm Mass from St. Albert the Great Chapel, (all videos).
The community around Saint Albert the Great Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Social Isolation: 44.7%
- Poverty Rate: 29.4% (20.9–38.0%)
- Depression: 28.9%
- Food Insecurity: 24.8%
- Obesity: 37.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%
- Unemployment: 7.0% (3.1–11.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Hammond city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 498 residents.
Churches near Saint Albert the Great Catholic Church
- Baptist Student Center — 0.1 mi away
- The Living Well Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- University Episcopal Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Ghost Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Crossroads Church — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Memorial Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Bethel United Progressive Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Emmanuel Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Holy Ghost Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
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- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 5.1 mi away in Ponchatoula, LA
- Saint Margaret Catholic Church — 7.2 mi away
- Saint Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church — 7.3 mi away in Springfield, LA