Thinking Big by Thinking Small

Thinking Big by Thinking Small

Holy Cross Church gave the neighborhood its name. The archdiocese wants it gone. | Opinion

Reimagining old walls isn't a threat to faith. It's how we honor legacy. originally from IndyStar

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Jeffery Tompkins
Oct 14, 2025
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In the Holy Cross neighborhood on Indianapolis’s near east side, a building has become the battleground for more than bricks and mortar.

It is the locus of a collision between institutional authority and community memory. The question is this: which side is imagining the future, and which is clinging to old privilege?

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