Rite of Election 2023 Posted By: Kiply Lukan Yaworski March 4, 2023 Rite of Election 2023 (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski)Rite of Election 2023 (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski)Already-baptized candidates journeying toward full initiation in the Catholic Church were also blessed by Bishop Mark Hagemoen during the celebration of the Rite of Election Feb. 26. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Rite of Election 2023 MC Erin Gratton of Holy Spirit Parish in Saskatoon. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Bishop Mark Hagemoen blesses the catechumens who will be baptized at Easter across the diocese. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)The diocesan choir with participants from across the diocese provided music ministry for the Rite of Election on the First Sunday of Lent. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)The diocesan choir with participants from across the diocese provided music ministry for the Rite of Election on the First Sunday of Lent. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Catechumens signed the Book of the Elect near the baptismal font at the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Saskatoon during Rite of Election 2023. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Signing the Book of the Elect during Rite of Election 2023. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski)Signing the Book of the Elect during Rite of Election 2023. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski)Signing the Book of the Elect during Rite of Election 2023. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski)Rite of Election 2023 (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)At the Rite of Election on the first Sunday of Lent, Bishop Mark Hagemoen holds up the Book of the Elect after catechumens from across the diocese signed their names, as part of their journey to receiving the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist at Easter. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Rite of Election 2023 (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)Celebrating the Eucharist as part of the Rite of Election on the First Sunday of Lent at the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Saskatoon. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)