St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic church in West Kensington, Philadelphia, US

St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church stands at Second and Jefferson Streets, displaying traditional Catholic architecture in a modest stone structure with classical religious details. The building hosts daily masses in English and Spanish, functioning as an active worship space for the neighborhood.

The church was founded in 1831 as Philadelphia County's first Catholic place of worship, but was destroyed in 1844 during the Nativist Riots. It was subsequently rebuilt and became an important religious center for the growing immigrant community.

The parish began as a largely Irish congregation beside Kensington's handloom weaving mills, and grew sharply after the Great Famine of the late 1840s. Mass is now celebrated in English at 9:30 a.m. and in Spanish at 11:30 a.m. on Sundays, reflecting the Latino population concentrated in West Kensington.

St. Michael's sits at the corner of Second and Jefferson Streets in West Kensington. Weekday Mass is at 8:30 a.m., Sunday Masses at 9:30 a.m. in English and 11:30 a.m. in Spanish, all in the main church. The former Immaculate Conception worship site at 1020 N. Front Street closed in October 2019, so do not go there for services.

The Christian Brothers opened their first classes in St. Michael's School on July 20, 1858, initially called the "Select School" and later the Christian Brothers Academy. In 1863 it became the college preparatory division of La Salle College, the institution now known as La Salle University.