St. Suzanne / Our Lady Gate of Heaven Parish

St. Suzanne / Our Lady Gate of Heaven Parish is a Roman Catholic church at 9357 Westwood Street in Detroit, MI 48228. It is one of 1,585 churches in Detroit, and one of 28 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

9357 Westwood Street, Detroit, MI, 48228

St. Suzanne / Our Lady Gate of Heaven Parish is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 752 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Michigan — 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 St. Suzanne / Our Lady Gate of Heaven Parish

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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.

  • Obesity: 46.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 41.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.8%
  • Diabetes: 18.1%
  • Social Isolation: 38.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.2% (16.4–38.0%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.8%
  • Unemployment: 9.7% (3.1–16.2%)

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

Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.

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