Saint Columba's Church
Saint Columba's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Newark, NJ 07114. It is one of 434 churches in Newark, and one of 6 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
Newark, NJ, 07114Saint Columba's 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 Saint Columba's Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,200 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: 41.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 31.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.5%
- Diabetes: 18.7%
- Unemployment: 13.3% (5.9–20.6%)
- Social Isolation: 37.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
- Poverty Rate: 27.7% (17.9–37.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.6%
- Obesity: 37.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (4.6–18.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.
Churches near Saint Columba's Church
- The Universal Church — 0.1 mi away
- La Hermosa Church — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia De Dios — 0.1 mi away
- Ministerio Bethel Internacional — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Union Gospel Tabernacle — 0.2 mi away
- Bethesda GardenTemple Church — 0.2 mi away
- La vid verdadera / The True Vine at The New Ark Cathedral — 0.2 mi away
- Hopewell Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Roca de Salvacion — 0.2 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Grace Church — 0.5 mi away
- St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Roman Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- St Mary's Abbey Church — 0.7 mi away
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church — 1 mi away
- Holy Trinity Epiphany Church — 1 mi away