Church of the Ascension

Church of the Ascension is a Catholic church at 390 Pontiac Ave in Cranston, RI 02910-3322. It is one of 56 churches in Cranston, and one of 2 Catholic congregations in the city.

The Anglican Catholic Church is part of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, faithfully continuing the Anglican tradition.

390 Pontiac Ave, Cranston, RI, 02910-3322

Phone: +14014615811 · Website: https://www.ascension-acc.org/

Church of the Ascension is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 106 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Rhode Island — 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 Church of the Ascension

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 36.8%
  • Unemployment: 11.7% (5.4–18.0%)
  • Depression: 23.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 17.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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