‘People are hungry for the Lord,’ says catechist as record numbers prepare to join Church March 20, 2026By D. Hunter Reardon The Catholic Virginian Filed Under: Lent, News, World News, Worship & Sacraments After the Rite of Election, the catechumens are called “the elect” until they are baptized at the Easter Vigil Mass.
President’s daughter reinterred alongside family in Catholic ceremony in Virginia November 5, 2025By D. Hunter Reardon The Catholic Virginian Filed Under: News, World News On a brilliant autumn day brimming with historic significance, Eliza Monroe Hay, daughter of the fifth U.S. president, James Monroe, was reinterred alongside her father and mother in Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery.