Saint Nicholas Catholic Church
Saint Nicholas Catholic Church is a Catholic church in Dunellen, NJ 08812. It is one of 10 churches in Dunellen, and one of 3 Catholic congregations in the city.
Dunellen, NJ, 08812Website: https://saintnicholasdunellen.org/
Saint Nicholas Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 606 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New Jersey — 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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Upcoming events at Saint Nicholas Catholic Church
- Fri, Sep 25 · 7 PM: Evening of Prayer and Conversation: Mercy Led Me East
- Sun, Sep 27 · 8:30 AM: Divine Liturgy
- Sat, Oct 3 · 10 AM: Blessing of Animals
- Sun, Oct 4 · 8 AM: Reconciliation
- Sun, Oct 11 · 11 AM: Dunellen HarvestFest 2026
From Saint Nicholas Catholic Church's public calendar (https://saintnicholasdunellen.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Saint Nicholas Catholic Church
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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter 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.
- Social Isolation: 35.0%
- Poverty Rate: 23.1% (9.8–36.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 21.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.3% (7.6–23.0%)
- Obesity: 37.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Dunellen borough is served by 7 churches — about one congregation for every 1,085 residents.
Churches near Saint Nicholas Catholic Church
- Resurrection of Christ Polish National Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint John's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Community Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Living Hope Outreach Center — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Luke's Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Freedom In Christ Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Middlesex, NJ
- Dunellen First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Dunellen United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Ministerio Cristo para las Naciones — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Francis Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Resurrection of Christ Polish National Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint John's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away in Piscataway, NJ
- Our Lady of Mount Virgin Roman Catholic Church — 2.1 mi away in Middlesex, NJ
- Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church — 2.8 mi away in Plainfield, NJ
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