St. Thomas More Catholic Parish
St. Thomas More Catholic Parish is a Catholic church at 421 Monroe Street in Kalamazoo, MI 49006. It is one of 156 churches in Kalamazoo, and one of 3 Catholic congregations in the city.
421 Monroe Street, Kalamazoo, MI, 49006Website: https://www.sttomskazoo.org/
St. Thomas More Catholic Parish is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St. Thomas More Catholic 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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 53.9%
- Poverty Rate: 47.7%
- Social Isolation: 44.0%
- Depression: 35.0%
- Food Insecurity: 30.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
- Unemployment: 9.3% (4.3–14.3%)
- Obesity: 39.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Kalamazoo city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 2,845 residents.
Churches near St. Thomas More Catholic Parish
- Solid Ground — 0.4 mi away
- The Beloved Church of Kalamazoo — 0.4 mi away
- New Day Community Church Vine Ministry Center — 0.6 mi away
- H2O Church — 0.6 mi away
- Kanley Chapel — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Augustine Cathedral — 0.7 mi away
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Faith Temple Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 0.7 mi away
- Allen Chapel AME Church — 0.8 mi away