Up until 50 years ago, there were no Catholic churches in Mechanicsville, a then-rural area of Hanover County. Catholic residents had to travel into Richmond for Mass. That changed in 1976, when a handful of local families banded together and asked Bishop Walter F. Sullivan to found a new parish, called Church of the Redeemer. Parishioners celebrated their golden anniversary with Mass on May 17, presided over by Bishop Barry C. Knestout. This Ma…
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