After Saturday, Frank Hine will be in an unusual position for a Roman Catholic — when his daughter weds, he can both give the bride away and pronounce the couple man and wife. “It would be a little ...
When the Rev. Harry E. Bronson, pastor of Rising Sun Baptist Church, asked Trustee Thomas James Bronson to consider being ordained as a deacon some 30 years ago, Bronson declined. Things change. On ...
Von George kneeled before Bishop Alfred A. Schlert, his head bowed, wearing the white stole of a cleric. It was a moment he had been preparing for the last six years — and one he was almost not well ...
Six men from the Archdiocese of Atlanta were ordained to the permanent diaconate Feb. 7 at Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church. The newly ordained will serve in ...
Advocates for women's ordination — to the diaconate, the priesthood or both — say they are hopeful about the upcoming synod in Rome, despite some high-profile opposition to the possibility of expanded ...