Saint Francis de Sales Church

Saint Francis de Sales Church is a Roman Catholic church at 4625 Springfield Avenue in Philadelphia, PA 19143. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 27 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

4625 Springfield Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19143

Phone: (215) 222-5819 · Website: https://www.saintfrancisdesales.net/

Saint Francis de Sales 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 Saint Francis de Sales 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. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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.

  • Depression: 25.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 21.8% (12.0–31.5%)
  • Unemployment: 6.6% (2.7–10.4%)

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

Philadelphia city is served by 1,051 churches — about one congregation for every 1,515 residents.

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