diaconate
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LaBeouf‘s management did not respond immediately Friday to The Times’ request for comment about the actor’s alleged intentions to pursue the diaconate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
The document noted that “most” of the continent-wide assemblies and “several” bishops conferences called for the diaconate question to be considered by the synod.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Others, like Erwin Kräutler, Retired Bishop of Xingu Brazil, who helped draft the working document of the synod, have gone further, openly advocating for a female diaconate.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2019
I was right, and now that that time is up, the diaconate represents an opening.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 22, 2018
Diaconate, The, 9: brotherhood of all in Christ, 10; foreign missions, 11; home missions, 12; diaconate, 13; female diaconate, 14; meaning, 16; qualities, field, 17.
From Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Robinson, Jane M. Bancroft (Jane Marie Bancroft)
