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.

A Eucharistic procession passes by Columbus St. Patrick Church.

Outdoor processions have long been an annual tradition at parishes on Corpus Christi Sunday as a devotion to Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.

A Eucharistic procession departs from Westerville St. Paul the Apostle Church.

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.

Parishioners join in a Eucharistic procession along the grounds of Johnstown Church of the Ascension.

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.

Father Denis Kigozi, pastor of New Albany Church of the Resurrection, holds a monstrance displaying the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist during a procession around the church grounds.

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.

Altar servers at Somerset Holy Trinity Church lead a Eucharistic procession for the feast of Corpus Christi.