St. John the Baptist Catholic Church - Bridgeport, PA

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St. John the Baptist Catholic Church - Bridgeport, PA

We are a Catholic Church in the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter serving the Philadelphia area Overview

St. The altar is at the center of parish life.

John the Baptist Catholic Church is a formerly Anglican, now fully Catholic parish in the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter. The Ordinariate is the North American diocese created by Benedict XVI for formerly Anglican parishes like ours. We are obedient to the Vicar of Christ, Pope Francis, and to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church in all things. Our beautiful and traditional lit

urgy, which seeks to preserve elements of Anglicanism within the Catholic Church, is approved by the Vatican for use in the Ordinariate. We are located in Bridgeport, PA and serve the Philadelphia area. Our worship

The parish uses Divine Worship (a missal completed by the Vatican in 2015 for use in the Ordinariates) and the Hymnal 1940. We celebrate Rites with traditional ceremonies which set forth in action the belief that our Lord is really here present. The sacrament is perpetually reserved in the Oratory at the rectory for devotion and for the communion of the sick. For answers to some common general questions about our liturgy, see our liturgy FAQs. For more detailed information specifically about our Missal, see missal FAQs. Our history

The Blessed John Henry Newman Fellowship and the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel were Anglican communities that entered the Ordinariate in 2014 and 2012, respectively. The two communities merged during Advent 2015. We are extremely grateful to Our Lady of the Assumption (Strafford) and Holy Cross (Mt. Airy), which warmly welcomed us into the Catholic Church and were our homes until we merged and found a permanent home in Bridgeport, PA.

06/18/2026

Beautiful Requiem Mass this evening.

06/17/2026

Our parishioners James and Trevor took our summer seminarian Joshua Culhane, together with two more of our Ordinariate seminarians visiting for the day (Christopher Ullrich and Ian Calkins) on a short tour of south Philly. They attended the noon Mass at the National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia, which was celebrated by Bishop Efren, one of the auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Other stops included the famous Italian Market, St. Paul's, St. Richard of Chichester, and (of course) Renzetti-Magnarelli Clergy Apparel.

Remember to always pray for our seminarians!

06/09/2026

Praised be Jesus Christ! We had a glorious Corpus Christi celebration this Sunday with Sacred Heart Parish: Mass together followed by a procession through the streets, then Benediction and a community lunch. Holy Family Council 3327 Knights of Columbus provided great support for this joint venture, and we thank as well the public safety help from Upper Merion Township Police Department Swedesburg Volunteer Fire Company and Borough of Bridgeport Police Department. Pictures thanks to Merciful Love Photography

06/05/2026

Thank you, Holy Father. Will do!

During his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV recalled that Thursday marks the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, encouraging the faithful to keep ...

06/02/2026

This Sunday, for the feast of Corpus Christi, we join forces with our friends at Sacred Heart Parish to bring Our Lord through the streets of Bridgeport, Pennsylvania.

Please join us at 10:15am for Mass at Sacred Heart Parish! Immediately afterward, we will process with the Blessed Sacrament through the streets, accompanied by a brass band (with a stop at Ss. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Church) to St. John the Baptist, where we will conclude with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and a community cookout.

We hope to see as many friends as possible as we celebrate this major event in the life of the local Church in Bridgeport!

Facebook event listing: https://www.facebook.com/share/18Yvu9G5fL/

06/01/2026

We began today's Mass for Trinity Sunday, as we often do for this great feast, with the hymn "I bind unto myself today":

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05/31/2026

Today, our parish welcomed not just one, but two of our own Ordinariate seminarians! In addition to Joshua Culhane, whom we're hosting for a summer assignment, we also welcomed Dcn. Christian Francke, who served our morning Mass. Be sure to pray for all our seminarians, especially Dcn. Christian as he approaches ordination to the priesthood on June 29!

05/21/2026

As usual we will have a 10 am Sung Mass on Memorial Day offered for those who gave their lives in service to our country.

Normally this is a full Requiem Mass, but since this year it falls in the Octave of Pentecost, it will be the Mass of the day with a commemoration of the departed.

05/12/2026

Please join us this Saturday to pray for our country. All are welcome!

05/03/2026

FYI a selection of Fr. Keyes' homilies are now available here on the parish website. (Weekly homilies are now generally not going on catholic.com)

Address

502 Ford Street
Bridgeport, PA
19405

Telephone

+16104554458

Website

https://sjbbridgeport.org/

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