St. Damien of Molokai Parish
St. Damien of Molokai Parish is a Catholic church at 120 Lewis Street in Pontiac, MI 48342. It is one of 154 churches in Pontiac, and one of 2 Catholic congregations in the city.
We at St Damien of Molokai are a vibrant parish lived out in a multi-cultural experience. Following the example of our humble patron, we embrace the challenge to harmonize the diversity within our faith community in order to draw closer to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
St. Damien of Molokai Parish is the first parish in the Pontiac Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Detroit to be formed through a process of merger.
Serving since 1919 · Services in Spanish
120 Lewis Street, Pontiac, MI, 48342Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9am–12pm · to - &
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 1:30pm · to - &
Phone: (248) 332-0283 · Website: http://www.st-damien.org/
St. Damien of Molokai 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. Damien of Molokai Parish
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 31.9%
- Obesity: 41.3%
- Social Isolation: 38.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (4.7–14.5%)
- Child Poverty: 23.6% (7.2–40.0%)
- Poverty Rate: 21.5% (12.7–30.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (6.4–19.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Pontiac city is served by 134 churches — about one congregation for every 462 residents.
Churches near St. Damien of Molokai Parish
- St. Damien of Molokai Parish - St Michael Site — 0 mi away
- United Faith General Baptist — 0.2 mi away
- Free Life Temple Christian Center — 0.2 mi away
- Bible Fellowship Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- True Church House of Prayer — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Jesucristo la Fuente de Vida — 0.3 mi away
- Victorious C H U R C H — 0.3 mi away
- Daylight Christian Center — 0.5 mi away
- First Social Brethren Church — 0.5 mi away
- Citadel of Victorious Faith — 0.6 mi away
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- St Damien of Molokai Parish- St. Vincent Site and Offices — 1.2 mi away
- St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away
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- Saint Benedict Church — 2.6 mi away in Waterford, MI
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 4.3 mi away in Auburn Hills, MI