Saint Paul Catholic Church
Saint Paul Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 151 North 9th Street in Reading, PA 19601-3613. It is one of 144 churches in Reading, and one of 8 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
A parish where all are welcome, all are invested, And all are disciples building the kingdom of God through the generous sharing of time, talent, and treasure.
151 North 9th Street, Reading, PA, 19601-3613Phone: (610) 372-1531 · Website: https://saintpaulreading.com/
Saint Paul Catholic 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 Paul Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 52.2% (33.0–71.4%)
- Obesity: 45.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.3%
- Poverty Rate: 37.0% (25.7–48.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 29.6%
- Diabetes: 19.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (7.9–22.2%)
- Unemployment: 10.9% (4.8–16.9%)
- Depression: 23.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Reading city is served by 66 churches — about one congregation for every 1,433 residents.
Churches near Saint Paul Catholic Church
- City Light Ministry - The Keep — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Evangélica Nueva Vida — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Hermanos Unidos en Cristo — 0.2 mi away
- Emanuel United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Temple of Prayer II — 0.2 mi away
- First United Evangelical Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. James Chapel COGIC — 0.2 mi away
- First Reformed Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Luke's Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Renewed Spirit Church — 0.3 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Mary Roman Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Holy Rosary Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
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