Our Lady Help of the Christians Catholic Church

Our Lady Help of the Christians Catholic Church is a Catholic church in East Orange, NJ 07017. It is one of 78 churches in East Orange.

East Orange, NJ, 07017

Our Lady Help of the Christians Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 611 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New Jersey — 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 Our Lady Help of the Christians 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 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: 32.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
  • Social Isolation: 39.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.5%
  • Unemployment: 11.4% (5.4–17.5%)
  • Obesity: 36.4%
  • Child Poverty: 29.9% (16.6–44.1%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 20.3% (11.0–29.5%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.5% (7.9–21.1%)
  • Diabetes: 13.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

East Orange city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 2,025 residents.

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