Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 501 Ridge Avenue in Allentown, PA 18102-5198. It is one of 183 churches in Allentown, and one of 10 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

Founded in 1857 by Bishop (now Saint) John Neumann, our parish has served the Lord for 157 years.

501 Ridge Avenue, Allentown, PA, 18102-5198

Service times

  • Sunday 9am

Phone: (610) 433-4404 · Website: https://www.immaculateconceptionallentown.org/

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,107 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 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 Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church

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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

  • Obesity: 45.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.6%
  • Unemployment: 12.6% (3.5–21.8%)
  • Diabetes: 17.6%
  • Depression: 25.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 20.6% (10.1–31.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Allentown city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 1,456 residents.

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