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Welcome!
The mission of the parish of Holy Cross—St. John the Baptist, standing in the Roman Catholic tradition and in the spirit of the Capuchin Franciscan order, is to be Christ in the City. We assist the spiritual, social, and personal development of the members of the parish, the community of midtown Manhattan, the people of the greater New York metropolitan area, as well as visitors from around the world. We strive to fashion a holy space for all who seek peace, holiness, and sanctuary – individually or in common. We are a responsive and evolving community encouraging growth in our relationship with God and with one another, so that through these grace-filled relationships together we might discover the divine gifts of strength, joy, and happiness.
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Returning to Public Worship
Masses, confessions, & meetings have resumed SCHEDULE.
the All Night Vigil remainS suspended at this time. (11/1/20)- Face protection covering your mouth and nose is required at all times.
- A distance of 6 feet from one another must be observed at all times, designated seating areas have been indicated throughout the churches.
- For everyone’s health and safety, we strongly discourage receiving communion on the tongue.
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SCHEDULE OF WORSHIP
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holy cross
SATURDAY: 12:15 PM, 4:30 PM (Vigil)
SUNDAY: 8:30 AM, 10:00 AM (Spanish) & 11:30 AM
WEEKDAYS: 7:30 AM & 12:15 PM
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
SATURDAY: 3:30-4:15 PM
RECTORY HOURS
Monday-Friday: 7:00 AM-3:00 PM
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st. john the baptist
SATURDAY: 12:15 Pm, 4:00 PM (Vigil)
SUNDAY: 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM, & 5:15 PM
WEEKDAYS: 6:45 AM & 5:15 PM
PADRE PIO NOVENA
Mondays: 6:30 PM
MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP NOVENA Wednesdays: 6:30 PM
SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
SATURDAY: 3:00-3:45 PM
WEEKDAYS: 7:15-8:00 AM & 2:00-4:00 PM
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News
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The season of Advent opens for us yet another new liturgical year. An opportunity to join the community of believers gathered to search the scripturesand recline at table with the One whose light no darkness can overpower. This Advent, our Sunday assemblies welcome the towering figure of Isaiah of Jerusalem, visionary and prophet. He bears a word of hope and transformation for a people profoundly preoccupied in a tense time crowded with competing kingdoms.Read More -
We turn to you again to help us give Christmas gifts to the less fortunate children in our community. Please take a tag from the Gift Tree, it will specify the age and gender of a child in need.Read More -
Thanksgiving is the time of the year when we, as individuals, families, a nation, and faith communities come together to give thanks to the Lord for the many blessings He has given us. It is also the time when we look to give something back to those in need. For over a century, Catholic Charities has been serving all New Yorkers in need by providing a range of services that provide help and create hope for the most vulnerable among us, Catholics and non-Catholics alike.Read More -
Irish-born Archbishop John Hughes created Manhattan’s Holy Cross Parish in 1852 to serve the thousands of Irish Catholics moving north of lower Manhattan into what became known as Longacre Square (later Times Square) and the developing neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen. Holy Cross maintained a strong Irish American identity into the mid twentieth century and its path charted the transformation of the disciplined folk piety created by the “devotional Revolution” in Ireland in the nineteenth century into an American Catholicism dominated by Irish-American clergy that sought to defend communalistic Catholic distinctiveness amid the rapid urban growth and burgeoning individualistic capitalism of an historically Protestant nation.Read More -
Last September, I asked Judge Barbara Jones, a much-respected former Federal Judge and prosecutor, to review, evaluate, and recommend improvements to the Archdiocese of New York’s response to the sexual abuse crisis that has been confronting our Church. Now, after an intense year in which Judge Jones and her team have conducted an exhaustive examination of our policies, procedures, and protocols, a complete review of every priest file, and held countless hours of interviews with archdiocesan staff, including me, Judge Jones has provided me with a summary of her findings and recommendations.Read More -
One of the oldest churches in Manhattan, Saint John the Baptist is the second Catholic Church built by German immigrants. The first, St. Nicholas Church, had been erected in 1836 to serve the Lower East Side. Those living farther north on the West Side were eager to have their own church, where Mass would be said in their native language. In 1840, a small wooden church was constructed on 30th street near Seventh Avenue and was known as the German Roman Catholic Church of St. John.Read More
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