Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic church at 408 North Charles Street in Baltimore, MD 21201. It is one of 1,255 churches in Baltimore, and one of 35 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

408 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201

Phone: +1 410-727-3564 · Website: https://baltimorebasilica.org/

Shares a ministry location with Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 353 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Maryland — 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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The community around Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,600 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 46.0%
  • Social Isolation: 39.1%
  • Depression: 25.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.0% (9.7–24.3%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Baltimore city is served by 721 churches — about one congregation for every 810 residents.

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