Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church

Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church is a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church at 504 Summit Avenue in Reading, PA 19611. It is one of 144 churches in Reading.

We uphold and believe what the Catholic Church teaches, celebrates the Sacraments and the Divine Liturgy according to the Byzantine (rite) tradition.

Serving since 1931

504 Summit Avenue, Reading, PA, 19611

Service times

  • Sunday 9am

Phone: (610) 376-0586 · Website: https://nativitybvmchurch.wixsite.com/mary

Shares a ministry location with St Anthony of Padua, Reading PA.

Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,107 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Pennsylvania — 18,926 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 Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church

  • Food Pantry
  • Bible Study
  • Catechism Classes
  • Apostleship of Prayer

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The community around Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Poverty Rate: 22.8% (13.1–32.5%)
  • Depression: 24.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Reading city is served by 66 churches — about one congregation for every 1,433 residents.

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