St. Edmond Church

St. Edmond Church is a Catholic church at 2130 South 21st Street in Philadelphia, PA 19145. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 59 Catholic congregations in the city.

2130 South 21st Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19145

St. Edmond 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 St. Edmond Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,900 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.

  • Unemployment: 11.4% (6.6–16.2%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.0% (8.8–27.3%)
  • Diabetes: 14.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 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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