Church of St. John in the Wilderness

Church of St. John in the Wilderness is a Catholic church at 261 State Route 344 in Copake, NY 12517-5337. It is one of 2 churches in Copake.

Church of St. John in the Wilderness seeks to live into our faith by being an inclusive, welcoming house of worship; a church whose doors are open to all our neighbors and which reaches out to serve Christ in all persons; a community that advocates for justice and peace for all, and respects the dignity and worth of every individual; a church which celebrates creation and shows reverence for the beauty that God has given us.

Serving since 1846

261 State Route 344, Copake, NY, 12517-5337

Service times

Saturday August 22 from 4:30 PM (as listed)

Phone: +15183293674 · Website: https://www.stjohnw.org/

Church of St. John in the Wilderness is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,375 congregations of the Catholic family gather across New York — 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 Church of St. John in the Wilderness

  • Cultural Center
  • Country Fair and Auction

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The community around Church of St. John in the Wilderness

It takes 3.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 20 travel more than an hour to work. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

  • Social Isolation: 30.7%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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