February 1, 2019

From the Archives

Outdoor altar recalls popular novena

A portable altar for outdoor use appears in this photo taken at the former Monastery of the Resurrection in Indianapolis. The altar was used by the Carmelites for their annual novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which was held on the monastery grounds each July for nearly 30 years, beginning in 1939. Thousands of Catholics from the Indianapolis area attended the outdoor novena each year. The Carmelites moved in 2008 to the campus of the Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg. The former Monstery of the Resurrection is now the site of Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary.

A portable altar for outdoor use appears in this photo taken at the former Monastery of the Resurrection in Indianapolis. The altar was used by the Carmelites for their annual novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which was held on the monastery grounds each July for nearly 30 years, beginning in 1939. Thousands of Catholics from the Indianapolis area attended the outdoor novena each year. The Carmelites moved in 2008 to the campus of the Sisters of St. Francis in Oldenburg. The former Monstery of the Resurrection is now the site of Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary.
 

(Would you like to comment on or share information about this photo? Contact archdiocesan archivist Julie Motyka at 800-382-9836, ext. 1538; 317-236-1538; or by e-mail at jmotyka@archindy.org.)

 

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