Oratory
Oratory is a Catholic church at 434 Charlotte Ave in Rock Hill, SC 29734-0099. It is one of 214 churches in Rock Hill, and one of 3 Catholic congregations in the city.
The Rock Hill Oratory, founded in 1934, is a part of a worldwide federation of 85 independent houses. It is the oldest and largest house in the United States. Founded by St. Philip Neri in Rome, members of the Oratory are bound not by vows, but by bonds of love. The community remains deliberately small to encourage interpersonal relationships. Governed democratically, the entire community shares in making major decisions with all members having equal rights and responsibilities.
434 Charlotte Ave, Rock Hill, SC, 29734-0099Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 12pm
Phone: +18033272097 · Website: https://rockhilloratory.org/
Oratory is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 148 congregations of the Catholic family gather across South Carolina — 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.
Ministries at Oratory
- Campus Ministry
- Friends of the Oratory
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The community around Oratory
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 30.2%
- Social Isolation: 39.0%
- Depression: 29.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
- Unemployment: 8.9% (3.6–14.2%)
- Obesity: 37.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Oratory
- Church of Our Lady and Saint Philip Neri — 0 mi away
- Vineyard Church of Rock Hill — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Welcome Table — 0.3 mi away
- New Creations Christian Church - Rock Hill — 0.4 mi away
- Cedar Street Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Old Town Church — 0.4 mi away
- Garden Sanctuary Church of God — 0.4 mi away
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