Church of Divine Light
Church of Divine Light is a Catholic church at 226 Leonard St NE in Grand Rapids, MI 49503. It is one of 418 churches in Grand Rapids, and one of 20 Catholic congregations in the city.
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226 Leonard St NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503Phone: (616) 451-3043 · Website: https://divineoffice.org/
Church of Divine Light is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 749 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Michigan — 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 Church of Divine Light
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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults here carry depression. 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.
- Child Poverty: 41.4% (25.1–58.0%)
- Depression: 32.7%
- Food Insecurity: 31.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.9%
- Obesity: 43.3%
- Social Isolation: 36.7%
- Poverty Rate: 26.4% (16.1–36.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.2%
- Unemployment: 10.6% (2.5–18.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Grand Rapids city is served by 313 churches — about one congregation for every 628 residents.
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