Re: >^..^< Thecats on Palm Sunday 2008

On Mar 17, 6:12=EF=BF=BDam, djhe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote:

> Depends. =EF=BF=BDThere's a Dominican seminary in the Bay Area and so
far
> as I can figure out, all the young priests-in-training get made
> deacons before they are made priests. =EF=BF=BD(Then they get sent out
to
> practice-preach at St. Mary Magdalene's, with their little
> baldrics on.) =EF=BF=BDIncidentally, there are several other minor
orders
> before the diaconate, only I forget what they are except for
> porter.

Um, yes, but I was thinking more of the Permanent Deacons. They tend
to be older men who do not go on to be Priests. They can be married or
single. But if married, they must agree to not marry again if their
wife dies. And most wait until their children have grown up and moved
away before becoming Deacons