Shrine Church of Our Lady of the Americas
Shrine Church of Our Lady of the Americas is a Roman Catholic church at 273 Central Avenue in Albany, NY 12206. It is one of 146 churches in Albany, and one of 12 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
273 Central Avenue, Albany, NY, 12206Website: http://www.blessedsacramentchurchalbany.org
Shrine Church of Our Lady of the Americas is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,375 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New York — 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 Shrine Church of Our Lady of the Americas
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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.
- Poverty Rate: 48.1%
- Social Isolation: 42.7%
- Food Insecurity: 38.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.4%
- Unemployment: 25.4% (12.9–38.0%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.9%
- Obesity: 39.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.9% (6.1–19.8%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Albany city is served by 75 churches — about one congregation for every 1,329 residents.
Churches near Shrine Church of Our Lady of the Americas
- All Nations Tabernacle — 0.1 mi away
- Church of Jesus Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Francis Mission — 0.2 mi away
- Blessed Hope Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
- Star of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Assisi In Albany — 0.2 mi away
- Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Mar Thoma Congregation of Albany — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Georges Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Vincent De Paul Roman Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- Church of the Blessed Sacrament — 0.9 mi away
- Historic Saint Mary's Church — 1.3 mi away