# Ave Maria Catholic Church

> Providing the light of Christ to Lauderdale County since 1954


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- [Clothes Closet](https://avemariaripley.org/clothes-closet/)
- [Contact](https://avemariaripley.org/contact/): Parish Office: ☎️ (731) 287-8000 📧 info.holyangels@holyangels.cdom.org 🌐 https://holyangelscc.org 535 Tucker StreetDyersburg, Tennessee 38024 Church Address:664 S. Washington St.Ripley, TN 38063
- [Mass Times](https://avemariaripley.org/mass-times/)
- [History](https://avemariaripley.org/history/): In 1952, Fr. Edward O. Heymer was assigned to Tipton, Lauderdale, and Dyer counties.  Each Sunday, Father Heymer would travel from Dyersburg to Covington to say Mass at the courthouse.  At the request of the Catholics of Ripley, the first Mass was celebrated in the Ripley courthouse in September of 1952.  Services were held each Sunday for the next two years, and in January of 1954 Father Heymer was granted permission by the Most Reverend William L. Adrian, Bishop of Tennessee, to build a church in Ripley.  On September 28, 1954 Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, and born Tennessean, dedicated […]
- [About](https://avemariaripley.org/about/): Ave Maria Catholic Church in Ripley, Tennessee is a mission of Holy Angels Church in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Starting on September 1, 2024 Fr. Patrick became the sacramental minister at Ave Maria. On the first of April 2025, Ave Maria was transferred from being a mission of St. Alphonsus in Covington to Holy Angels in Dyersburg. For more information, see Bishop Talley’s decree Pastor:Rev. Patrick Hirtzpastor.holyangels@holyangels.cdom.org Choir Director:Angela Shin Price

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