Assumption Abbey
Assumption Abbey is a Roman Catholic church at 2860 State Highway, MO, 65608 in Ava, MO 65608. It is one of 37 churches in Ava.
Welcome to Assumption Abbey We are a community of monks of the Cistercian Order. Monks first came to Ava, Missouri from New Melleray Abbey in Iowa in 1950 to establish the monastic life here.
2860 State Highway, MO, 65608, Ava, MO, 65608Phone: +1 417 683 5110 · Website: https://www.assumptionabbey.org/
Assumption Abbey is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 447 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Missouri — 19,012 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
Ministries at Assumption Abbey
- Retreats
- Bakery
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The community around Assumption Abbey
It takes 8.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.0%
- Diabetes: 16.8%
- Obesity: 39.6%
- Social Isolation: 29.9%
- Depression: 25.3%
- Poverty Rate: 17.4% (11.7–23.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 16.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.9% (8.0–17.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Assumption Abbey
- Loftin Church — 2.3 mi away
- Souder Church — 3.7 mi away
- Sweden Church — 4.2 mi away
- Pine Ridge Church — 4.8 mi away
- Oak Grove Church — 6.8 mi away
- North Ozark Church — 7.2 mi away
- Spring Valley Christian Center — 7.3 mi away
- Blackoak Flat Church — 7.4 mi away
- Murray Church — 7.8 mi away
- Brushyknob Church — 8 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 23 mi away in Mountain Grove, MO