deacon
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Then his neighbor, a deacon in his church, told him about a previous roommate who had died of cancer, and how he had recently been diagnosed himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Walters gave him a box filled with handmade items, including piles of mittens, hats, and other items he’d crocheted for children; Collins dropped the box off with a church deacon.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Parishioners proceed to the front of the church, where a priest or deacon marks a black cross on their foreheads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Her grandfather was a deacon and mother played an organ in the Presbyterian chapel.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
She had two sisters and a brother, and they all had a comfortable upbringing as the children of a senator who was also a deacon in the Catholic Church.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
The church’s money was handled by a finance team and overseen by its elders and deacons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Priests and deacons have marched at rallies and prayed for those detained and deported from Orange County to downtown L.A. and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
Currently the Catholic Church only allows men to become deacons - ordained ministers who can officiate baptisms, weddings and funerals but not mass, unlike priests.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
Two referred to the possibility of women being ordained deacons, and those received the most negative votes even though they passed.
From Reuters ● Oct. 28, 2023
The deacons struck the pottage part from the record.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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