Religion:St. Michael's Catholic Church (Tybee Island, Georgia)

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St. Michael's Catholic Church
Location802 Lovell Ave, Tybee Island, GA 31328
CountryUnited States
DenominationCatholic
Websitewww.saintmichaelstybee.org
History
DedicatedJuly 5, 1891
Architecture
Functional statusactive
Construction cost$2,000
Specifications
Capacity275 people
Clergy
Priest in chargeRev. Jerry Ragan[1]

St. Michael's Catholic Church is a local Catholic church in Tybee Island, Georgia, which is situated in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah.[2]

History

St. Michael's was built in 1891 under the direction Bishop Thomas A. Becker, and with the assistance of Vicar General Edward D. Cafferty, and Reverend W.A. McCarthy. Its opening garnered about 200 congregants to the church, which "filled the little church with overflowing."[3]

The church ran a parochial school, also called St. Michael's, in Tybee Island from 1941 to 2010.[4] The school is now a public school called the Tybee Island Maritime Academy.[5]

Ministries

Several ministries are run by St. Michael's, including a music ministry run by its music director Ryan Beke.[6]

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