Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann

Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann is a Roman Catholic church at 1233 St. Ann Street in Scranton, PA 18504. It is one of 88 churches in Scranton, and one of 6 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

1233 St. Ann Street, Scranton, PA, 18504

Phone: (570) 347-5691

Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,113 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 19,012 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 Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Ann

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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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.

  • Child Poverty: 24.9% (10.0–39.8%)
  • Poverty Rate: 21.5% (10.1–32.9%)
  • Unemployment: 6.8% (0.3–13.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Scranton city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 2,306 residents.

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