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 Seminarians ‘run the race’
 Seminarians of the Diocese of Richmond were joined by seminarians of other dioceses in the annual Ukrop’s 10K run April 5 which began near the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. Among the 31,000 participants were (top row) Father Michael Renninger, Vicar for Vocations; Joyce Drexler, of Cathedral parish, and Msgr. Thomas Miller, former rector of the Cathedral and current pastor of St. Andrew Church, Roanoke. A congregation of about 100, including the seminarians, attended an ecumenical prayer service at the Cathedral before the run. Below, Father Daniel Beeman, parochial vicar of St. Pius X and Holy Trinity parishes in Norfolk and one of the runners, gives his priestly blessing to Katie Rose McCarthy of Cathedral parish while her mother Susan McCarthy watches.
Sr. Anne Marie Diggle, member of Visitation Sisters, dies at 87
Sister Anne Marie Diggle, a member of the Sisters of the Visitation of Monte Maria Monastery in Hanover County, died March 24. She was 87 and had been blind for many years.
Desite her disability, Sister Marie Anne served as the community portress whose responsibilities were to answer the telephone and door to visitors.
“She was a model of patience,” said Bishop Emeritus Walter F. Sullivan in his homily at Sisters’s funeral Mass March 26.
Born and reared in Washington, D.C. where she lived in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, Sister Marie Anne entered the Visitation community at the convent in Bethesda, MD. and was a professed member for 59 years. When the monastery closed, she came to Richmond and became a member of the community here.
Va. artist with Papal kneeler
 Ronald Dixon puts the finishing touches on a custom prie dieu produced by Dixon Studio in Staunton. The piece was commissioned by the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. for Pope Benedict’s visit to the Center’s chapel on April 17. Mr. Dixon created the Divine Mercy mosaic for the Center in 2006, and has created mosaics, furnishings, statuary, and stained glass for many churches in the Richmond Diocese.
Knights purchase adaptive bicycle
 Brie Edwards is shown using the Adaptive Bicycle and the Mini-Trampoline/Rebounder that were purchased for her by Knights of Columbus, Heart of the Valley Council No, 10760 in Waynesboro. Brie, 10, has mental and developmental handicaps. Her mother has thanked the Knights after the purchases, stating that the bike now allows Brie to play with the neighborhood children and that she can barely be brought to the table for meals as she spends so much time on the Mini-Trampoline.
Clergy appointment
Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo has announced the following clergy appointment, effective immediately:
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Father James Cowles, to be pastor of Church of St. Therese in Gloucester, where he has been serving as administrator since June 2006.
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Bishop DiLorenzo has welcomed Father Matthias Lusembo and Father John Chrysostom Kazibwe, both from the Diocese of Masaka in Uganda, who will be visiting in the Diocese and helping out in parishes for the foreseeable future. They will be living at Mary Mother of the Church Benedictine Abbey in Richmond.
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