Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic church in Raritan, NJ 08869. It is one of 7 churches in Raritan, and one of 3 Catholic congregations in the city.
Raritan, NJ, 08869Saint Joseph's Roman 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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The community around Saint Joseph's 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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up 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: 34.7%
- Child Poverty: 30.7% (12.0–49.4%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.5% (9.3–21.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
- Food Insecurity: 16.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Raritan borough is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 2,075 residents.
Churches near Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Camino De Fe Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Church Goods Llc — 0.2 mi away
- Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Ann's Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Raritan Oratory of St. Philip Neri — 0.2 mi away
- Igelisa Adventista del Septimo Dia — 0.5 mi away in Somerville, NJ
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.7 mi away in Somerville, NJ
- Church of the Immaculate Conception — 0.7 mi away in Somerville, NJ
- Saint John's Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away in Somerville, NJ
More Catholic churches nearby
- Trinity Church Goods Llc — 0.2 mi away
- Shrine Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Trinity Catholic Church — 1.4 mi away in Bridgewater, NJ
- St John's Episcopal Church — 1.4 mi away in Somerville, NJ
- St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church — 2.3 mi away in Hillsborough Township, NJ
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