be ordained
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I know many wondered in 1976 whether it was an auspicious time to become a priest, just as Mr. McGurn asks whether now is an auspicious time to be ordained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Lopez, 34, and other women are particularly excited about the potential that the synod might in some way endorse allowing women to be ordained as deacons, a ministry that is currently limited to men.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
“At the time we honestly thought women would be ordained within five years.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Julie Wheeler, her son Charles and daughter-in-law Miriam Brandon-Wheeler are among 16 people across Devon who will be ordained deacons on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2023
Before he was to be ordained, he was made an attractive offer of secular employment, which—perhaps because he felt himself indifferently suited to an ecclesiastical career—he found himself accepting.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
