Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 913 Mahantongo Street in Pottsville, PA 17901. It is one of 23 churches in Pottsville, and one of 2 Roman Catholic congregations in the city.
St. John's was established in 1841. It is the seventh oldest parish in the Allentown Diocese.
Serving since 1841
913 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville, PA, 17901Phone: +1 570-622-5470 · Website: http://www.saintjohnpottsville.org/
Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,113 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 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.
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Latest from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Pottsville's YouTube channel: First Sunday of Advent, November 29, 2020 (all videos).
The community around Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 42.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.8%
- Depression: 27.6%
- Poverty Rate: 21.9% (11.3–32.5%)
- Diabetes: 13.9%
- Unemployment: 6.2% (1.9–11.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Pottsville city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 787 residents.
Churches near Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Ann's Cathedral Palestinian Orthodox — 0.2 mi away
- Saved By Grace Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
- Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel AME Church — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Francis de Sales Church — 0.8 mi away in Mount Carbon, PA
- Saint Mary Byzantine Catholic Church — 2.8 mi away in St. Clair, PA
- Saint Clare of Assisi Roman Catholic Church — 2.9 mi away in Saint Clair, PA
- Saint Nicholas Ukrainian Greek Catholic — 3 mi away in St. Clair, PA
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