Saint André Bessette Catholic Church
Saint André Bessette Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 601 West Burnside Street in Portland, OR 97209. It is one of 646 churches in Portland, and one of 37 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
601 West Burnside Street, Portland, OR, 97209Phone: (503) 228-0746 · Website: https://www.saintandrechurch.org/
Saint André Bessette Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 227 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Oregon — 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.
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The community around Saint André Bessette 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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults here carry depression. That is 2,300 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.
- Child Poverty: 44.0% (31.2–62.0%)
- Depression: 30.1%
- Poverty Rate: 27.4% (17.3–37.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Portland city is served by 353 churches — about one congregation for every 1,833 residents.
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- Mannahouse Downtown Portland — 0.4 mi away
- Pearl Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bridgetown Church — 0.5 mi away
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- Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 1.1 mi away