Saints Agatha and James Catholic Church

Saints Agatha and James Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 111 South 38th Street in Philadelphia, PA 19104. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 37 Catholic congregations in the city.

St. Agatha-St. James Parish & Newman Center is a Catholic community that works with the University City community, helping them to encounter Christ, grow in the Christian life, and be sent forth to serve as missionary disciples from one heart to another.

111 South 38th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104

Phone: +1 267-787-5000 · Website: https://www.saintsaj.org/

Shares a ministry location with The Newman Catholic Center.

Saints Agatha and James Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at Saints Agatha and James Catholic Church

  • Homeless Outreach
  • Liturgical Volunteers
  • Music Ministry

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The community around Saints Agatha and James Catholic Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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: 59.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 50.5%
  • Depression: 27.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 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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