Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity is a Catholic church at 3629 Cottage Ave in St Louis, MO 63113-3539. It is one of 379 churches in St Louis, and one of 11 Catholic congregations in the city.
The aim of the Missionary Sisters of Charity is to devote themselves heart and soul and exclusively to the material and spiritual welfare of all destitute people, the helpless poor, neglected children, the abandoned sick, lepers and deserving beggars – in short all those unfortunates who, either thr
Serving since 1950
3629 Cottage Ave, St Louis, MO, 63113-3539Phone: (314) 533-2777 · Website: https://missionariesofcharity.org/
Missionaries of Charity is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 449 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Missouri — 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.
Ministries at Missionaries of Charity
- Supportive Education
- Medical Assistance
- Social Assistance
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The community around Missionaries of Charity
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 half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 55.0%
- Obesity: 53.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 46.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 43.4%
- Social Isolation: 41.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 39.8%
- Poverty Rate: 36.7% (23.7–49.6%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 30.9%
- Diabetes: 27.4%
- Unemployment: 16.8% (7.3–26.5%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.3% (8.6–30.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.3%
- Depression: 23.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
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- West Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in Saint Louis, MO
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