St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 3026 John F. Kennedy Boulevard in Jersey City, NJ 07306. It is one of 204 churches in Jersey City, and one of 6 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.

St. John the Baptist Church is a Roman Catholic Church, part of the Archdiocese of Newark, located in the Journal Square area of Jersey City, NJ.

Serving since 1892

3026 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ, 07306

Service times

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11:30am

Phone: (201) 653-8814 · Website: https://stjohnbjc.org/

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 611 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New Jersey — 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 St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church

  • Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
  • Healing Mass
  • Prayers for Life
  • 2000 Hail Marys

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The community around St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on, and about 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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: 33.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.0% (10.3–23.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Jersey City city is served by 102 churches — about one congregation for every 2,822 residents.

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