Works of Mercy Initiative
Works of Mercy Initiative is a Catholic church at 1241 State St in Schenectady, NY 12304-2620. It is one of 112 churches in Schenectady, and one of 3 Catholic congregations in the city.
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me…Amen I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did it for me.” Matthew 25:3
The mission of the Works of Mercy Initiative derives directly from the heart of Catholic tradition: the works of Mercy.
1241 State St, Schenectady, NY, 12304-2620Phone: (518) 347-0871 · Website: https://www.worksofmercyschdy.org/
Shares a ministry location with Saint Luke's Roman Catholic Church.
Works of Mercy Initiative is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,368 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New York — 18,926 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.
Ministries at Works of Mercy Initiative
- Good Neighbor Program
- Personal Care Closet
- Jail Ministry
- Pastoral Care
- Communion Outreach
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The community around Works of Mercy Initiative
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,400 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: 30.5%
- Obesity: 40.5%
- Child Poverty: 38.8% (21.6–56.1%)
- Social Isolation: 38.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
- Poverty Rate: 27.1% (17.5–36.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 24.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
- Unemployment: 11.9% (4.7–19.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
- Diabetes: 13.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Works of Mercy Initiative
- Saint Luke's Roman Catholic Church — 0 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Dios Proveerá — 0.2 mi away
- The Vale Project — 0.2 mi away
- La iglesia de Dios Pentecostal — 0.2 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Family Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
- Macedonia Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christ Family Fellowship Church — 0.6 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church — 1 mi away
- Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church — 1.1 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away
- Saint Adalbert Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away
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