Corpus Christi in Zanesville, OH
June 15th, 2009 by Fr. Pius, OP
This past Sunday the Dominican parish church of St. Thomas Aquinas celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi with a Eucharistic procession through downtown Zanesville. Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP was the main celebrant for Mass and the procession. The procession stopped for benediction an an outside altar in front of the parish office building (the former Dominican Sisters convent) before finishing with a final benediction in the main church. For the procession, the parish used a traditional umbralino (an ornate liturgical umbrella) to cover the priest as he carried the Blessed Sacrament, as well as to add visible solemnity to the procession. A great number of parishioners turned out for the procession. Click on the picture below for a slideshow of photographs from the procession.
