Saint Gerard Majella Roman Catholic Church

The community around Saint Gerard Majella Roman 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,500 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: 40.3%
• Food Insecurity: 32.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.0%
• Child Poverty: 25.2% (12.1–38.3%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.8% (10.5–29.0%)
• Diabetes: 14.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (5.9–16.8%)
• Unemployment: 7.5% (3.5–11.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Paterson city is served by 85 churches — about one congregation for every 1,857 residents.

Churches near Saint Gerard Majella Roman Catholic Church

• Life Changing Word Church International — 0.2 mi away in Haledon, NJ
• First Spiritualist Church of Totowa — 0.3 mi away
• German Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Union Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• St. Marys Church — 0.5 mi away in paterson, NJ
• Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• BridgeHope Community Church — 0.6 mi away
• Cedar Cliff Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away in Haledon, NJ
• Family Circle Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Trinity Church — 0.6 mi away in Prospect Park, NJ