New deacons. (News in Brief: Canada).Edmonton--The Archbishop of Edmonton, Thomas Collins Thomas Collins is the name of:
n. 1. The rank, office, or tenure of a deacon. 2. Deacons considered as a group. [Late Latin di . The educational centre for the program will be Newman Theological College in the city. The Calgary diocese DIOCESE, eccl. law. The district over which a bishop exercises his spiritual functions. 1 B1. Com. 111. set up a diaconate program in mid-1999. Married men may apply for this program. Western Canadian dioceses have been slow in embarking upon a permanent diaconate program compared to dioceses in the East, principally because certain influential priests kept telling themselves and others that the ordination of women In general religious use, ordination is the process by which one is consecrated (set apart for the undivided administration of various religious rites). The ordination of women was just a matter of time (see below). |
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