"For the Burns family, the path to the Catholic Church this Easter vigil started with a funeral. . . .
"They are part of a bumper crop in the Diocese of Cleveland, which expects 812 converts at Eastertime 2025, which is about 50% higher than in 2024 (542) and about 75% higher than in 2023 (465). It's so high that the diocese had to move its Rite of Election - during which prospective converts meet with the bishop near the beginning of Lent to declare their intention to join the Church - to the city’s Public Auditorium and Conference Center, because the cathedral wasn't big enough to accommodate the nearly 3,000 attendants, including converts, sponsors, family and friends, according to Nancy Fishburn, the diocese's executive director of communications.
"Cleveland is part of what appears to be a spike in conversions in various parts of the United States."
A recent National Catholic Register article reported on this increase and on some of the factors involved, including the Eucharistic Revival and various forms of outreach.
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