The Criterion (Indianapolis, IN)

Jul 25, 2024 | archindy.org | Sean Gallagher

By Sean Gallagher They came to Indianapolis drawn by Christ’s gift of himself in the Eucharist. And they were sent out to share that gift with others. More than 50,000 Catholics from across the country gathered in Indianapolis for the historic 10th National Eucharistic Congress. At the end of its closing Mass on July 21 in Lucas Oil Stadium, Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., who led the organizing of the congress, spoke to those attending.

Jul 25, 2024 | archindy.org | Sean Gallagher

By Sean Gallagher As more than 50,000 Catholics from across the country took part in a eucharistic procession through downtown Indianapolis on July 20, Archbishop Charles C. Thompson kept his focus on the Blessed Sacrament in a large brass monstrance. “I thought that was the best witness I could give at that moment,” he said in an interview with The Criterion a day after the congress concluded. “While I know there were thousands and thousands of people around me, my focus was on Christ.

Jul 25, 2024 | archindy.org | Sean Gallagher

By Sean Gallagher Music was a big part of the National Eucharistic Congress from July 17-21 in Indianapolis—in large general sessions in Lucas Oil Stadium, at liturgies and on stages in a large exhibition hall in the Indiana Convention Center and on Georgia Street next to St. John the Evangelist Church.

Jun 6, 2024 | archindy.org | Sean Gallagher

By Sean Gallagher SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis was brimming with joy on June 1. On that day, the cathedral was at standing-room-only capacity as some 100 priests and close to 1,000 lay Catholics, deacons and religious from across central and southern Indiana gathered with Archbishop Charles C. Thompson to take part in the ordination of three new archdiocesan priests: Father Anthony Armbruster, Father Samuel Rosko and Father Bobby Vogel.

May 30, 2024 | archindy.org | Sean Gallagher

By Sean Gallagher When Father Joseph Moriarty was asked in 1998 to become the archdiocese’s vocations director, he said it came as “a complete surprise.” “It was completely unexpected,” Father Moriarty recalled in a recent interview with The Criterion. “I remember I said these words, ‘I don’t know what that work entails.