Nativity of Our Lord Church
Nativity of Our Lord Church is a Catholic church in Scranton, PA 18505. It is one of 88 churches in Scranton, and one of 7 Catholic congregations in the city.
Scranton, PA, 18505Shares a ministry location with St. John Neumann Parish.
Nativity of Our Lord Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,107 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 18,926 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 Nativity of Our Lord 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 a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,400 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: 30.6% (20.1–41.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.1%
- Unemployment: 10.8% (5.1–16.6%)
- Depression: 26.2%
- Child Poverty: 26.0% (6.2–45.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Scranton city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 2,306 residents.
Churches near Nativity of Our Lord Church
- St. John Neumann Parish — 0 mi away
- Catholic Charismatic Renewal — 0 mi away
- Hickory St Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Maranatha Scranton — 0.2 mi away
- St Mary's Parish Club — 0.3 mi away
- Hickory Street Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana JehovÁ Es Mi Socorro Salmo 121 Inc — 0.3 mi away
- Elm Park Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Reformed Baptist Church of Scranton — 0.5 mi away
- Madonna Della Strada Chapel — 0.6 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Catholic Charismatic Renewal — 0 mi away
- Saint Peter's Cathedral — 0.8 mi away
- Immaculate Conception — 0.9 mi away
- St Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic — 1.1 mi away
- St Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic — 1.3 mi away
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