St. Matthew's Church
St. Matthew's Church is a Catholic church at 78 Ridgeway Street in East Stroudsburg, PA 18301. It is one of 33 churches in East Stroudsburg, and one of 2 Catholic congregations in the city.
‘Guided by the Holy Spirit, through prayer and worship, and the sharing of our resources, we humbly strive to witness to the Good News and to spread the Kingdom of God.’
We are a diverse, welcoming, and faith-filled community located in the heart of East Stroudsburg, PA.
Services in Spanish
78 Ridgeway Street, East Stroudsburg, PA, 18301Service times
- Saturday 4pm · Vigil
- Sunday 8am
- Sunday 9:15am
Phone: (570) 421-2342 · Website: https://www.stmatthewspa.org/
St. Matthew's Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,107 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 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.
Ministries at St. Matthew's Church
- Youth Group & College Ministry
- High School Youth Ministry
- Middle School Youth Ministry
- ESU & College Ministry
- Knights of Columbus
- Faith Formation
- Couple Group
- Evangelization
- Retreats
- Baby & Me
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The community around St. Matthew's 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 a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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.
- Depression: 25.8%
- Child Poverty: 25.4% (7.3–43.6%)
- Poverty Rate: 19.6% (9.8–29.4%)
- Unemployment: 7.3% (3.5–11.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
East Stroudsburg borough is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 2,336 residents.
Churches near St. Matthew's Church
- The Salvation Army East Stroudsburg — 0.3 mi away
- East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Maranatha Bible Chapel — 0.4 mi away
- Pocono Grace Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Salt of the Earth Ministries — 0.5 mi away in Stroudsburg, PA
- East Stroudsburg Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Christian Missionary Church — 0.6 mi away in Stroudsburg, PA
- Stroudsburg Alliance Church — 0.6 mi away in Stroudsburg, PA
- First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Reclaimed for Christ Ministries — 0.7 mi away in Stroudsburg, PA
More Catholic churches nearby
- The Church of Saint Luke — 1.1 mi away in Stroudsburg, PA
- Our Lady of Victory Church — 6 mi away in Tannersville, PA
- St. John's — 6.7 mi away
- St. Judes — 7.9 mi away in Columbia, NJ
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church — 8.5 mi away in Roseto, PA
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