Rite of Election Diocese of Leeds 2020 this year was the first Sunday of Lent is the occasion for the Cathedral to host the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion.
This year the event took place on the afternoon of Sunday, 1 March, and was led by Right Reverend Marcus Nigel Stock, MA, STL, Tenth Bishop of Leeds.
Candidates and catechumens were given a warm welcome as they began the final part of their journey towards being received into full communion with the Catholic Church this Easter.
A large congregation gathered in the Cathedral Church of St Anne, made up of Catechumens and Candidates together with their sponsors, Godparents, and family and friends.
Parishes from across the Diocese were represented and all those going forward to receive the Sacraments of Initiation at Easter had an opportunity to meet Bishop Marcus.
Afterward, they adjourned to Wheeler Hall for light refreshments at the invitation of Very Rev Canon Matthew Habron, the Dean of the Cathedral.
Photographs from the Rite of Election by Patrick Sice
