Eucharistic processions took place throughout the diocese for the Solemnity of the Body of Blood of Christ on Sunday, June 2 and the following day.
Outdoor processions have long been an annual tradition at parishes on Corpus Christi Sunday as a devotion to Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.
Many processions began after Mass and followed routes around church grounds. Others passed through neighborhoods or business districts as a public witness to bring Christ, who is truly present Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in the host contained in the monstrance, to the world.
Later this month, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage's Seton Route will go through the diocese on the way to Indianapolis for the National Eucharistic Congress in July.
Among the diocesan parishes reporting Eucharistic processions on Corpus Christi Sunday weekend were Columbus St. Patrick, Immaculate Conception and St. Andrew; Westerville St. Paul the Apostle; Somerset Holy Trinity; New Albany Church of the Resurrection; Gahanna St. Matthew and Johnstown Church of the Ascension.