Sentences with phrase «become deacons»

Pope Francis told a gathering of about 900 heads of women's religious orders that he supports studying whether women can become deacons.

I'm not sure what, but it was enough to prevent Dad from becoming a deacon.

Through the ascetic struggle of prayer, penance, fasting, and sacrifice, the person spiritually becomes the deacon.

Instead, after some health challenges last year, he'll work to become a deacon in his church.

Taye grew up involved with the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and eventually became a deacon.

Not exact matches

For a year I shall serve purely as a deacon, an office set up by the first apostles to serve the community, as recounted in chapter 6 of the Acts of the Apostles; read on and you'll learn how the first deacon, Stephen, quickly also became the first Christian martyr.

1992 Women training in Anglican theological colleges are permitted to become priests as well as deacons.

Or, in the case of married men, to become permanent deacons, another fast - growing group that is also compensating for the shortage of priests.

You see, I was the target of a very, very harsh, mean - spirited attack by my pastor [best friend] and the young deacons when I was an elder in a previous church, 6 weeks before going to Bible college to become a pastor.

The controversial «missionary» bishop Andy Lines will lead the service which will see nine men become priests and deacons within the Anglican Mission in England (AMiE).

However, as a teenager he became disillusioned by what he saw in his own church: a congregation composed of «a young pastor, old deacons, and all women,» a congregation that did not sufficiently support pastors and their families either emotionally or financially.

It has become known to this holy and great council that in localities and cities the deacons distribute the Eucharist to the presbyters, though it is contrary to the canon and the tradition that they who may not themselves offer the sacrifice should distribute the body of Christ to those who do offer the sacrifice.

Probably by early June, he had agreed that those who became severely ill and had done penance, could be accepted provided they secured certificates from the confessors and martyrs, receive reconciliation from presbyters and deacons, and by midsummer he had accepted the Roman position that all who had done penance could in the face of sickness be reunited.

On Tuesday, the Twin Citites Area presbytery, which covers Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, became the 87th presbytery - and the deciding vote - to approve an amendment that will remove the constitutional requirement that all ministers, elders and deacons live in «fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman or chastity in singleness.»

It has also become known that some deacons receive the Eucharist before the bishops.

Arnold Palmer is the son of Milfred (Deacon) Palmer, a no - nonsense kind of native of the Pennsylvania coal and steel valleys, who in 1921 became the green keeper at the new nine - hole Latrobe Country Club some 30 miles east of Pittsburgh.

In 2007 Livingston and Edinburgh East were part of the SNP growth in constituency wins, with Angela Constance becoming a new MSP and Kenny MacAskill moving from the regional list, replacing Susan Deacon who stood down that year, her Labour successor Norman Murray, an unpopular local councillor, finishing second, with 1,382 fewer votes.

Ms Deacon was tipped as a possible leadership contender but has not returned to the front benches since rejecting an offer in 2001 to become Jack McConnell's social justice minister.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner became the third prominent Democrat to endorse Colleen Deacon over two party rivals in the race for the NY - 24 seat.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Tuesday became the second top Democrat to endorse Colleen Deacon in the race for the 24th Congressional District seat.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on Thursday became the third prominent Democrat to endorse Colleen Deacon over two party rivals in the race for the 24th Congressional District seat.

Laura Deacon has been appointed to lead Amazon Publishing UK's editorial team, succeeding current editor - in - chief, Emilie Marneur, who is moving to Amazon Video to become its head of film acquisition....

Best known for The Book of Deacon Trilogy, Bypass Gemini and Jade, his massive success has allowed him to purchase a home, quit his IT job and become a full - time author at the age of 32.

In reality, «becoming a millionaire is less about how much you make and more about consistency,» said Deacon Hayes, founder of WellKeptWallet.com and author of the forthcoming book, «You Can Retire Early!»

That said, at face value, Deacon isn't exactly impressive or significantly different from any other six - foot, Caucasian, brown - haired, brown - eyed protagonist in every action game since action games became a thing.

Richard Deacon won the Turner prize in 1987 since when he has become one of the most respected of the new wave of British sculptors of the 80s.

Houshiary quickly became established alongside a generation of sculptors working in Britain in the 1980s, including Anish Kapoor and Richard Deacon.

He would serve in the Army, receive an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, teach college art classes for over thirty years in East Texas, and become a Catholic deacon, all the while rejecting painterly abstraction to produce fine - lined drawings about love, anger, and passion, so richly layered they recall art by Christian mystics like Hieronymus Bosch, William Blake, and Henry Darger.

The actress said she's developing a different kind of relationship with Ava and Deacon as they are becoming more like adults; she treats them like friends.