St. Mary Oratory

St. Mary Oratory is a Catholic church at 325 Grand Avenue in Wausau, WI 54403. It is one of 60 churches in Wausau, and one of 5 Catholic congregations in the city.

St. Mary’s Church, a stunning and historic structure, was built in 1892 to serve the original Catholic “mother” parish of Wausau.

325 Grand Avenue, Wausau, WI, 54403

Website: http://institute-christ-king.org/wausau-home/

St. Mary Oratory is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at St. Mary Oratory

  • Faith Formation
  • Choir
  • Youth Groups

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The community around St. Mary Oratory

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,100 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: 40.0%
  • Unemployment: 9.7% (3.8–15.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 30.6%
  • Depression: 26.0%
  • Child Poverty: 23.8% (8.0–39.9%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.6% (13.0–26.2%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (7.2–16.6%)

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

Wausau city is served by 32 churches — about one congregation for every 1,120 residents.

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