According to the plan, St. John the Baptist Church and its school-rectory-convent-cemetery complex would be taken over by developers. And so the property on Route 412 was purchased, and the new ...

Dedicated in 1894, St. John the Baptist Church is one of the oldest churches in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The church has five buildings: The main church, the upper and lower schools, the ...

The bell tower was built in 1918 along with the Manayunk Bridge, and together, the two structures have become iconic visions of Philadelphia. Last year, the St. John’s community learned some ...

According to its website, St. John the Baptist Parish is the 10th oldest is the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It was founded by Jerome and Eulalia Keating in the winter of 1829-30.