The Newman Catholic Center
The Newman Catholic Center is a church at 3728 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104 in Philadelphia, PA 19104-3411. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia.
We are 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.
Serving since 1850
3728 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA, 19104, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-3411Service times
Monday - Friday: 12:05pmTuesday - Friday: 5:30pm (as listed)
Phone: (267) 787-5000 · Website: https://drexelnewman.com/
Shares a ministry location with Saints Agatha and James Catholic Church.
The Newman Catholic Center 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.
Ministries at The Newman Catholic Center
- Homeless Outreach
- Mission Trips
- Bible Study
- Operation Santa Claus
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The community around The Newman Catholic Center
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. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of the children here are growing up 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.
- Poverty Rate: 50.1%
- Child Poverty: 46.3%
- Depression: 27.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near The Newman Catholic Center
- Saints Agatha and James Catholic Church — 0 mi away
- Tabernacle United Church — 0.1 mi away
- Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral — 0.1 mi away
- University Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Whosoever Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- First Episcopal District — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Mary's Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of God — 0.4 mi away
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