Father Andrew Thornton celebrates Mass of Thanksgiving at Basilica
Father Andrew Thornton offered a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Basilica of Saint Mary on June 13. He served as a deacon at the Basilica on weekends during his final year of seminary studies at Mount Saint Mary’s in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
Father Thornton is a priest of the Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 5 by Bishop Timothy Doherty at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Lafayette. He is from Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Muncie, Indiana.