The mood was tense in the social hall at St. John the Baptist Church in Manayunk, where as many as 200 parishioners, neighbors, and community members and leaders gathered to discuss the fate of the ...

Manayunk >> By all accounts, it was an evening of good memories and fun times. Almost 400 people attended the “Take Me Back to Manayunk” All Class Mass and Reunion at St. John the Baptist on March 21.

St. John the Baptist, Manayunk’s major Catholic Church, is a landmark in every sense of the word. But at 120 years old St. John’s is need of significant repair. The church lords over the neighborhood ...

St. John the Baptist Parish is now the sixth coastal Parish to file a lawsuit against oil and gas interests. St. John the Baptist is the latest parish to file a lawsuit against oil and gas companies.

DJ Lisbon, left, and Shamir Lisbon of St. John the Baptist are all smiles after DJ scores his second touchdown during a CHSFL game against Chaminade on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, at St. John the Baptist.

Some years ago, artist St. Joseph Sr. Marian Cowan created a small sculpture of the Visitation. It depicts two pregnant women seated, bending toward one another, knee to knee, engrossed in each ...

Works of great beauty by unknown artists are time’s antidotes for today’s celebrity culture. One such work is the Wilton Diptych [opposite page], a small devotional masterpiece from the end of the ...