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 Sr. Diane Guy dies; had served in diocese since 1971
Sister Diane Guy, who until recently served as director of the diocesan Office of Campus and Young Adult Ministry, died April 19 at her brother’s home in Ridley Park, Pa. She was 68 and had cancer.
Sister Diane, a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, had served in the Diocese of Richmond since 1971 when she came to teach physics and physical science at the old Norfolk Catholic High School.
In the past few years she had worked with Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo in his parish visitations in which he meets with people after they have responded to a survey in which they can speak of their parish’s strengths and areas they feel need strengthening.
Bishop DiLorenzo presided at the funeral liturgy on April 25 at St. Madeline Church in Ridley Park, a suburb of Philadelphia in Delaware County. It was the parish church in which Sister Diane grew up. Father John Grace, campus minister at the Virginia Tech Newman Community, gave the homily.
“As a result of Sister Diane’s work in ‘We Walk by Faith,’ it provided me with an intelligent blueprint of what people wanted to report to me in terms of their cares, concerns and their hopes for their parish,” Bishop DiLorenzo told The Catholic Virginian.
“I am grateful to her for the parish visitation program she developed which enables parishes to communicate with me their ongoing hopes and concerns.
“Most especially, I’m grateful to Sister Diane for her wonderful work in campus ministry. She was a great colleague with whom I enjoyed working.”
Sister Diane Guy was the oldest of four children. She graduated from Notre Dame High School in Moylan, PA in 1957 and that August entered the religious life of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Ilchester, MD.
Before coming to the Diocese of Richmond in 1971, she taught at St. Ursula’s School in Baltimore and at the Academy of Notre Dame in Philadelphia where she taught physics for four years.
Bishop Emeritus Walter F. Sullivan celebrated a Memorial Mass for Sister Diane April 29 in the chapel of the Diocesan Pastoral Center.
Sister Diane is survived by her three brothers, their wives, seven nieces and nephews and four grandnephews and one grandniece.
Sr. Baptista Peters, who taught in diocese, dies
Sister Baptista Peters, a member of the Daughters of Charity who taught at Catholic schools in both Richmond and Portsmouth, died April 6 at Villa St. Michael, the province’s retirement residence in Emmitsburg, MD. She was 98 and had been 80 years in her vocation.
 Mary Regina Peters was born in Emmitsburg, one of eight children. She graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1927, the year she entered the Daughters of Charity.
Sister Baptista, who was given her religious name, went to Sacred Heart School in Norfolk in 1945 and taught elementary grades until 1948.
In 1954 she was reassigned to St. Patrick School in Richmond where she taught for two years. In August of 1969 Sister Baptista went to Portsmouth Catholic Elementary School in Portsmouth where she taught until 1976. In 1989, Sister went to a newly opened mission in Spotsylvania and worked in the thrift shop until 1993. From there Sister Baptista went to Providence Hospital in Washington, her last active-duty assignment before retiring to the Villa.
 Fr. Richardson dies; had served as state Chaplain of K of C
Father Edward L. Richardson, a priest of more than 58 years who served as Virginia State Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus since 1985, died April 26 in Virginia Beach where he lived. He was 89.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, he graduated from Roman Catholic High School. After several years in the work force he enrolled at Catholic University where he graduated in 1949. He was ordained a priest for the Society of African Missions on Feb. 9, 1950.
When the Korean conflict began, Father Richardson was sent to the Navy Chaplains School in 1952 and served in the Navy for 30 years. His tours of duty included the 9th Marine Regiment in Japan and the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force in Vietnam and aboard the USS Forrestal.
During his 1971–1974 tour as chaplain at the Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, he was directly involved with the construction of the present chapel.
Father Richardson received a Navy Scholarship to the University of Notre Dame where he received a Master’s Degree in Philosophy in 1965. While at Notre Dame he served as chaplain of the Navy, Army and Air Force ROTC units. He was chaplain of the Notre Dame Club of Southeastern Virginia beginning with the club’s inception in 1980.
In 1989 Father Richardson was named “Citizen of the Year for Hampton Roads.” The next year in 1990 he received the National Brotherhood Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
“Father Richardson has been my rock and spiritual inspiration, he has kept me close to my Catholic faith,” Lenny Pulizzi, State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus, told The Catholic Virginian.
“When there were family crises, he was there to listen and even cried with me at times,” he added.
“He has been everyone’s shepherd, friend and priest. I and many others have lost a very close and dear friend.”
A vigil service will be held on Monday, May 5, at St. Gregory the Great Church in Virginia Beach beginning at 7 p.m., following visitation from 6 to 7.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, May 6, at 11 a.m. at the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base Chapel. All persons planning to attend the funeral Mass who do not have a valid Military ID will be required to enter through Gate 3 on Shore Drive where a photo ID will be required.
Seminarian assignment
Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo has announced the following seminarian assignment, effective June 1:
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John David Ramsey has been assigned to St. Anne parish in Bristol for his pastoral year, starting June 1, continuing through August 15, 2009.
 Deacon ordained
David Cupps stands with Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo following his ordination to the transitional diaconate April 19 at St. Anne Church in Bristol. Deacon Cupps, a native of Butler, PA, who was a member of St. Paul parish, Richmond, when he entered the diocese’s priestly formation program. He served at St. Anne’s during his extended pastoral ministry assignment. He will begin a summer assignment at St. Bridget’s, Richmond, on June 1. He expects to be ordained to the priesthood the next year after completing his final year of theology studies at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore.
 Introduction to Islam
An evening program at the Church of the Incarnation in Charlottesville April 22 consisted of an Introduction to Islam and a panel of four Muslim women from four different countries who shared their stories of the influence of Islam in their lives. They spoke of the differences between Islam and culture.
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