{"id":287282,"date":"2018-06-02T22:34:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T02:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=287282"},"modified":"2018-06-03T08:57:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T12:57:06","slug":"ordination-update-27-new-deacons-for-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2018\/06\/ordination-update-27-new-deacons-for-dallas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordination update: 27 new deacons for Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2018\/06\/IMG-0521.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-287285\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2018\/06\/IMG-0521-575x314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"314\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A wonderful image, above, from Twitter, where I found this great post from Bishop Edward Burns:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I offer thanks to God for the ordination of 27 men to the diaconate. Today\u2019s Ordination Mass was at St. Francis Parish. We prayed together before Mass, asked the intercession of all the saints during the litany, and now celebrate the joy of new deacons for the Diocese of Dallas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I hope to have more details soon. But congratulations, brothers, and welcome. <em>Ad multos annos!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: Some additional background and information can be found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cathdal.org\/home\/diocese-of-dallas-to-ordain-27-new-deacons?send_to=%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2018\/06\/34180372_10156260405490928_8315609490296668160_n.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-287288\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2018\/06\/34180372_10156260405490928_8315609490296668160_n-575x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wonderful image, above, from Twitter, where I found this great post from Bishop Edward Burns: I offer thanks to God for the ordination of 27 men to the diaconate. 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