The feast day of the church patron Erasmus, who is one of the 14 Holy Helpers and served as a bishop in Antioch during the Christian persecution in the 3rd century, is June 2nd. Consequently, the fair is celebrated on the following weekend. Erasmus is invoked as the patron of sailors and travelers, and as a helper in childbirth and abdominal pain.
On June 2, 1963, the foundation stone for the current church building was laid, which was then consecrated in 1965. The predecessor from 1780 had simply become too small and was demolished in 1966 after the completion of the new church.
St. Erasmus with its massive, block-like choir tower is centrally located in the well-maintained grounds right in the village, an area of Morbach, effectively at a road junction.
Inside, the somewhat dark-looking church, designed by architect Schadow (Trier), is simply but dignifiedly furnished and features beautiful glazing by the Trier glass painter Jakob Schwarzkopf (here you can find photos). The church patron, St. Erasmus, is depicted as a statue on the right church wall. In addition to a bishop's staff, it also shows a windlass, a sign of the torture he is said to have endured (disembowelment), which he survived.
The oldest treasure of the church is certainly a figure of Anna Selbdritt from the first half of the 15th century.
In the past, the church belonged to the Walholzkirche, later to the parish of Hunolstein, and most recently to Morscheid-Riedenburg; today, Weiperath is part of the parish of Vierzehnheilige Morbach. On April 1, 2025, Michael Meiser was introduced as the pastor.
