Missionaries of Charity
Missionaries of Charity is a Catholic church at 144 Ridge Ave in Asbury Park, NJ 07712-6746. It is one of 43 churches in Asbury Park, and one of 3 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
144 Ridge Ave, Asbury Park, NJ, 07712-6746Phone: (732) 775-1101 · Website: https://missionariesofcharity.org/
Missionaries of Charity is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 606 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New Jersey — 18,926 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 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 34.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 24.3% (16.9–31.7%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.8%
- Obesity: 43.6%
- Social Isolation: 36.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.6%
- Poverty Rate: 18.5% (10.8–26.3%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
- Diabetes: 13.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Missionaries of Charity
- Israelite Church Of God In Jesus Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Peter Claver Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.1 mi away in Neptune Twp, NJ
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Neptune Twp, NJ
- Mount Pisgah Baptist Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Encounter Christ Global Fellowship — 0.2 mi away in Neptune Twp, NJ
- Greater Hope Sanctuary — 0.2 mi away in Neptune Twp, NJ
- Greater Emanuel Temple — 0.2 mi away in Neptune Twp, NJ
- Good Hope Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church — 0.5 mi away
- Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.9 mi away
- Saint Rose Roman Catholic Church — 2.5 mi away in Belmar, NJ
- Holy Innocents Church — 2.9 mi away in Neptune Twp, NJ
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