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March 14, 2025, by Joe Staniunas, Special to The Catholic Virginian
Some 650 men and women across the diocese affirmed their wish to be members of the Catholic Church during the first weekend of Lent. The participants in adult formation programs gathered March 8-9 for the Rite of Election in each vicariate. The bilingual liturgy was held Saturday at St. Bede, Williamsburg, for the Eastern Vicariate and at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, for the Central Vicariate. Bishop Barry C. Knestout presided at both, as he did on Sunday at the Basilica of St. Andrew, Roanoke, for the Western Vicariate. “You present yourselves in this rite of election,” the bishop said in his homily. “The Lord receives that gift, that generous gift of your whole self, that you long…


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