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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

They eventually settled in San Diego, where Saleh’s father, now a church deacon, worked as a car salesman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Mom had us in the choir, and Dad was a deacon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

"We hope he'll continue with Francis's agenda going forward," said Rick Stevens, a Catholic deacon from New Jersey who happened to be visiting Chicago when he heard the news.

From BBC ● May 9, 2025

There were four callers, one a deacon from the church, the constable of the town, and Goodman Cruff and his wife.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

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

Before darkness fell on the night of September 15, the reverend and his deacons closed the front doors of the wonderful old Sixteenth Street Baptist Church.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry