St. James Church
St. James Church is a Catholic church at 125 Harrison Avenue in Boston, MA 02111. It is one of 363 churches in Boston, and one of 12 Catholic congregations in the city.
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125 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, 02111Website: https://sites.google.com/view/bccc-stjames
St. James Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at St. James Church
- Food pantry
- Community meal
- Mission fund
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The community around St. James 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 4,200 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.
- Social Isolation: 42.9%
- Poverty Rate: 31.2% (22.0–40.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 24.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.3%
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 St. James Church
- Greater Grace Apostolic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Hillsong Church Boston — 0.2 mi away
- Dorchester Temple Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Citylife Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Renewal Church Boston — 0.2 mi away
- Church of All Nations — 0.2 mi away
- Boston Chinese Church Of Saving Grace — 0.3 mi away
- Sisters of the Divine Master — 0.3 mi away
- Boston Chinese Evangelical Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Anthony Shrine — 0.4 mi away