SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral - Indianapolis, Indiana

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Destination: This year’s Super Bowl and any year’s Indy 500 aren’t the only reasons to visit Indianapolis. Regardless of your reason for going, plan a stop at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Masses are 5 p.m. Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, 8 a.m. Monday-Friday and 5:15 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday.
Why to go:  The parish was established in 1892, two years before Rome authorized the move of the diocesan see from Vincennes, Ind.,  to Indianapolis. The new parish was on its way to becoming a cathedral. Originally served by its 1890s chapel, the cornerstone to today’s church was laid in 1905.
Three of the cathedral’s pastors eventually became bishops — two for Indianapolis and one for Evansville, Ind.
The church was renovated in the 1980s, a process that was completed in 1986, followed by chapel renovations in 1992.
If you visit, consider leaving a donation for the The Cathedral Soup Kitchen. It has been feeding the hungry of Indianapolis since the Great Depression of the late 1920s through the 1930s, when parishioners handed out peanut butter sandwiches to the needy. Today, there is a seven-days-a week meal program that feeds 3,200 meals a month, and a food pantry that helps 1,080 households a month. 
Access: There are steps leading to the golden front doors of the this urban church.
(Grand) Kid friendly: As usual, inside a church, children will want to be on their best behavior.
Info: Address: SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, 1347 North Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46202-2302. Phone: 317/634-4519. Web: www.ssppc.org

- Compiled by Sharon Boehlefeld
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