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.

View photos from the Mass here.

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