Intercultural Ministry of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis

11/29/2022

Emily and Eric welcome Black Catholic podcasters Nate Tinner-Williams and Lorna DesRoses to Meet Father Rivers to celebrate Black Catholic History Month (November) with the first-ever Rivers Reading Club. Participants discuss one of Fr. Rivers’ most provocative and insightful pieces of writing: a ...

10/12/2022

Today, on the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, it's good to remember what the Council accomplished. And the best summation comes from the late John W. O'Malley, SJ, the dean of church historians, in his magisterial book, "What Happened at Vatican II." At the end, he sums up the legacy of Vatican II.

In short, the church moved from "commands to invitations, from laws to ideals, from definition to mystery, from threats to persuasion, from coercion to conscience, from monologue to dialogue, from ruling to serving, from withdrawn to integrated, from vertical to horizontal, from exclusion to inclusion, from hostility to friendship, from rivalry to partnership, from suspicion to trust, from static to ongoing, from passive acceptances to active engagement, from fault-finding to appreciation, from prescriptive to principles, from behavior modification to inner appropriation."

09/27/2022

09/15/2022

08/31/2022

Our Diocesan Priests who celebrated their Priesthood Anniversary this month 🎉

Congratulations to them all on this wonderful milestone – the Diocese of Fresno is honored to be part of your journey!

08/30/2022

08/29/2022

St. Augustine, there is so much you can teach us about how to get to heaven. Guide us in this life so that we may join you in our eternal home!

08/28/2022

Pope Francis joined 19 of the Church’s 20 newly installed cardinals Saturday in a visit with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his Vatican residence.