BU Catholic Center
BU Catholic Center is a Roman Catholic church in Boston, MA 02215. It is one of 363 churches in Boston, and one of 10 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
Boston, MA, 02215BU Catholic Center is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 390 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Massachusetts — 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 BU Catholic Center
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of adults here carry depression. That is 2,400 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: 50.1%
- Depression: 30.0%
- Poverty Rate: 28.4% (18.2–38.6%)
- Unemployment: 11.7% (4.8–18.6%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.6%
- Food Insecurity: 18.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Boston city is served by 162 churches — about one congregation for every 4,110 residents.
Churches near BU Catholic Center
- The Pub Church, Boston — 0.2 mi away
- Marsh Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Lourdes Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Marist Fathers Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ruggles Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- City Light Church Boston — 0.3 mi away
- The First Church of the Boston Red Sox — 0.4 mi away
- First Spiritual Temple — 0.5 mi away in Brookline, MA
- Church of Our Saviour — 0.5 mi away in Brookline, MA
- Boston Temple — 0.6 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- MIT Catholic Community — 0.7 mi away in Cambridge, MA
- Saint Clement Eucharistic Shrine — 0.7 mi away
- Oblates of the Virgin Mary — 0.7 mi away
- Grace City Church — 0.8 mi away
- Saint Aidas Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away in Brookline, MA
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