St. Joseph Parish Today
St. Joseph Parish is an active, caring community. The school building is always busy with parish meetings, RCIA, children’s religious education programs and many community functions. Parishioners have volunteered at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, running a concession stand for many years and two years ago a three day festival in September was added. We also have a community garden.
The convent has been sold to Seeds of Hope which is a half-way house dedicated to assisting women recovering from addiction. This year, Seeds of Hope received a grant enabling them to add on to the existing convent building so more women recovering from addiction can be served.
Our Pastor
Father Glenn O’Connor grew up in Indianapolis, attending St. Matthew Grade School (’66) and Latin School High School (’70) before entering St. Meinrad Seminary. He graduated from St. Meinrad College (’76) and earned his Master of Divinity from the St. Meinrad School of Theology (‘80).
On May 17, 1980, he was ordained a priest and began his first assignment as Associate Pastor at St. Gabriel parish in Connersville. In 1982, he served as Associate Pastor at St. Simon the Apostle parish, Indianapolis until 1985, when he was appointed Pastor of St. Philip Neri parish in Indianapolis. Since 1991, he has been at St. Joseph parish, Indianapolis, and in 1997, he also assumed the responsibilities of Pastor at St. Ann parish, Indianapolis.
In addition to his current parish responsibilities at St. Joseph and St. Ann, Father Glenn also wears the hats of: Airport Chaplain for the Indianapolis International Airport (since the chaplaincy was commissioned in 1991); spiritual director for Cursillo; IRL Ministry Chaplain; Chaplain for the Ancient Order of Hibernians; and co-founder and President of the Board of Directors for Seeds of Hope, a halfway house for women recovering from chemical addiction. Father is also a priest facilitator for the Archdiocesan Rachel's Vineyard Retreat Ministry, a weekend healing retreat for women and men suffering from post-abortion grief, pain and confusion in which they find reconciliation and peace through Jesus and the sacraments of his Church. Despite his busy schedule, Father Glenn manages to make time each month of May to serve as a pit crew member at the Indianapolis 500, a tradition that started more than 30 years ago.
In 2010 Father Glenn was named Irish Citizen of the Year. Father Glenn is very proud of his Irish heritage and extremely humbled to be given this honor.
Under Father Glenn’s direction and leadership, our parish continues to grow and we look forward to continued spiritual growth and fellowship within the community of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.
