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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Sally Oberski  Â
Director of Communications
419-244-6711 x 148
soberski@toledodiocese.org
www.toledodiocese.org
TOLEDO DIOCESE WELCOMES 558 NEW MEMBERSÂ IN RITE OF ELECTION CEREMONIES
February 24, 2010 – Toledo, OH – In separate Rite of Election ceremonies at Toledo’s Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral, and at St. Michael Parish in Findlay on February 21, the Diocese of Toledo welcomed 554 people from across the 19 county diocese into the final act of preparation before they become new members of the Catholic Church on Holy Saturday, April 3, 2010.
There are 192 Catechumens. A Catechumen is an unbaptized person who will be fully initiated into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday, receiving the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and Eucharist.
There are 257 Candidates. A Candidate is a person who has been baptized in another Christian faith. The 257 Candidates will make a Profession of Faith and receive the sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation on Holy Saturday.
In addition to the 257 Candidates and 192 Catechumens, 109 Catholic Candidates will re-affirm their profession of faith at their respective parishes at this year’s Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday. A Catholic Candidate was baptized as a Catholic and not participated in the life of Church, but now through the Sacrament of Penance and the celebration of their Confirmation and first Eucharist will complete their initiation into the Catholic Church.
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The Diocese of Toledo, established April 15, 1910 encompasses 8222 square miles in a mixture of urban and rural areas that spans 19 counties across Northwest Ohio, serving 301,134 Catholics. The diocese includes Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot counties.
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