October 12, 2018

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Businessman donates altar for Assumption Church

In this photo appears Joseph A. Rink, a wealthy businessman who donated the altar during the construction of the church at the former Assumption Parish in Indianapolis in 1894. Rink’s brother later married the sister of Father Joseph Weber, the founding pastor of the parish. Assumption Parish was merged with St. Anthony Parish in Indianapolis in January 1995. That same year, Assumption Church was purchased by the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio, to serve as the spiritual home of its St. Athanasius the Great Parish in Indianapolis. The parish and eparchy of which it is a member are part of the Byzantine Catholic Church, one of several Catholic Churches in eastern Europe and the Middle East that are in full communion with the pope and thus part of the universal Catholic Church. The church is still in use today by St. Athanasius the Great Parish.

In this photo appears Joseph A. Rink, a wealthy businessman who donated the altar during the construction of the church at the former Assumption Parish in Indianapolis in 1894. Rink’s brother later married the sister of Father Joseph Weber, the founding pastor of the parish. Assumption Parish was merged with St. Anthony Parish in Indianapolis in January 1995. That same year, Assumption Church was purchased by the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Parma, Ohio, to serve as the spiritual home of its St. Athanasius the Great Parish in Indianapolis. The parish and eparchy of which it is a member are part of the Byzantine Catholic Church, one of several Catholic Churches in eastern Europe and the Middle East that are in full communion with the pope and thus part of the universal Catholic Church. The church is still in use today by St. Athanasius the Great Parish.
 

(Would you like to comment on or share information about this photo? Contact archdiocesan archivist Julie Motyka at 800-382-9836, ext. 1538; 317-236-1538; or by e-mail at jmotyka@archindy.org.)

 

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