People pray during the March 16, 2025 Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Cardinal Robert W. McElroy blesses more than 800 catechumens, candidates, godparents, sponsors, and family members of catechumens and candidates who attended the March 16, 2025 Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at the at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Cardinal Robert W. McElroy delivers his homily during the March 16 Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Cardinal Robert W. McElroy greets catechumens and their godparents during the March 16, 2025 Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Catechumens are those who have never been baptized and who will at this year’s Easter Vigil receive the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Communion. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Catechumens whose names are called walk with their godparents toward the sanctuary during the March 16 Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Godparents place their hands on the shoulders of catechumens during the March 16, 2025 Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Catechumens are people who have not yet been baptized, and they will receive the Sacraments of Initiation -- Baptism, Confirmation and Communion -- at the Easter Vigil.(Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Participants gather in the sanctuary of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception during the March 16, 2025 Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
People pray during the March 16, 2025 Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
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