Background
Ripple, Michael Joseph was born on October 25, 1875 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Leonard J. and Mary Elizabeth (Kries) Ripple.
Ripple, Michael Joseph was born on October 25, 1875 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Leonard J. and Mary Elizabeth (Kries) Ripple.
Student Loyola College, Baltimore, 1894. Student Saint Joseph’s Priory, Somerset, O.
Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, October 10, 1901. Assigned to missions and lecturing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Northwest, 1904. Company-organizer with Archbishop McNicholas of national movement of the Holy Name Society, 1909.
Lectured throughout United States and Canada.
Organized mission work in Southern States, 1914-1920. National director Holy Name Society and head of Dominican publications, 1920.
Editor Rosary Magazine, 1921. Organized great Holy Name demonstration, Washington, District of Columbia, 1924.
Planned and erected imposing Dominican Priory, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1935.