Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 1100 8th Avenue in Altoona, PA 16602. It is one of 89 churches in Altoona, and one of 12 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
1100 8th Avenue, Altoona, PA, 16602Service times
- Saturday 4pm
- Sunday 8am
Phone: +1 814-942-8501 · Website: https://mountcarmelaltoona.weebly.com/
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,113 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 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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Latest from Mount Carmel Altoona Church's YouTube channel: Fr Frank and his Sister Rosemary's interview with Proclaim about his vocation (all videos).
The community around Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.4%
- Obesity: 41.5%
- Poverty Rate: 29.5% (20.9–38.1%)
- Depression: 27.4%
- Diabetes: 16.6%
- Unemployment: 10.5% (3.9–17.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Altoona city is served by 24 churches — about one congregation for every 1,833 residents.
Churches near Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
- Mother Gethsemane Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- St James Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Altoona church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Faith United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Center City Church — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Day One of Greater Altoona — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- CLC Church — 0.3 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- St. Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Mark Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
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