Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Saint Joseph Catholic Church is a Catholic church at 151 West Washington Street in Petersburg, VA 23803. It is one of 145 churches in Petersburg, and one of 3 Catholic congregations in the city.
Rooted in Catholic values, Saint Joseph Catholic School promotes scholarship, discipleship, and citizenship.
151 West Washington Street, Petersburg, VA, 23803Saint Joseph Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 297 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Virginia — 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 Joseph Catholic Church
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 half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 47.1%
- Food Insecurity: 31.3%
- Diabetes: 19.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
- Unemployment: 12.4% (3.5–21.2%)
- Social Isolation: 39.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.0%
- Poverty Rate: 25.4% (15.2–35.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 23.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Petersburg city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 652 residents.
Churches near Saint Joseph Catholic Church
- Saint Pauls Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Christian Center — 0.1 mi away
- Bible Covenant Church — 0.1 mi away
- Oak Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- Tabb Street Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Washington Street United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Olivet Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- House Of Restoration Church — 0.3 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Ann's Church — 4.1 mi away in Colonial Heights, VA
- Saint Johns Church — 4.3 mi away
- Sacred Heart Church — 5.3 mi away
- Saint James Roman Catholic Church — 8.1 mi away in Hopewell, VA
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