Saint Peter Claver Catholic Church

Saint Peter Claver Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 1923 Saint Philip Street in New Orleans, LA 70116. It is one of 824 churches in New Orleans, and one of 44 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

1923 Saint Philip Street, New Orleans, LA, 70116

Phone: (504) 822-8059 · Website: https://stpeterclaverneworleans.org/

Saint Peter Claver 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 Peter Claver 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third 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: 40.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 32.8% (23.6–41.9%)
  • Food Insecurity: 29.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
  • Depression: 28.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.3%
  • Diabetes: 16.2%
  • Obesity: 36.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.2%
  • Unemployment: 7.3% (2.1–14.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

New Orleans city is served by 579 churches — about one congregation for every 657 residents.

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