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St. John the Baptist parish was founded in 1871 to serve the Portuguese community in the area, becoming the second parish in New Bedford.. Portuguese immigration declined in the early 21st century, and later generations moved beyond New Bedford and Fall River, even as the cost of maintaining the historic church continued to rise.
St. John the Baptist is one of the few remaining Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Boston. Masses are celebrated daily (except for Tuesdays) at 8:00 AM, and Saturday evening at 4:00 PM. Sunday mass is at 10:00 AM in Polish and 11:45 AM in English. There is also a novena to St. Jude Monday nights at 7 PM.
If you'd prefer to watch the midnight mass live, you can stream it on the Vatican Youtube Channel. The Mass begins Dec. 24, at 1:30 p.m. ET ( 7:30 p.m. Central European Standard Time).
Holy Cross-St. John the Baptist Parish – Established in 2015. Holy Cross Church (329 W. 42nd Street) – Established in 1852. Merged in 2015. St. John the Baptist Church (210 W. 31st St.) – Established in 1840; staffed by the Capuchin Friars; merged in 2015. Holy Family Catholic Church (315 East 47th Street) – Established in 1924.
The first resident pastor in Dutchess County was Rev. John Maginnis at St. Peter's in Poughkeepsie in 1837. St. Patrick's in Newburgh had been established in 1838, the first Catholic Church in Orange County. A number of residents in this area attended Mass at St. Patrick's in Newburgh as a matter of convenience. [2] St. Joachim's Church ...
In 2012, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia consolidated St. John the Baptist Parish with St. Mary of the Assumption and St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia. The St. Josaphat Church property (1898, Cotton Street) is used and maintained as a worship site for the parish, while the St. Mary of the Assumption Church property (1848 ...
St. John Bosco, which has been a national power in high school sports, has been making administrative changes under the direction of the Salesian Society to "best position" the school for future ...
The first priest to attend Catholics in Ulster County along the river was Rev. Arthur Langdill who was stationed in Newburgh 1817–1818. Saugerties was the first place in Ulster to warrant the erection of a church. They were mainly Irish seeking work in the iron works, paper mills, and stone quarries.