After her passing, all the widows stood beside Peter, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them. She had developed a ministry especially among (v.39) the widows, who in a system with no social security, often found themselves in severe financial straits.
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This is enormously heartening news from the Archbishop of York. He is a strong supporter of the diaconate. Many of us have known for a long time that there are Readers who are exercising a diaconal rather than a Reader ministry, and who, if they had been made aware of the diaconate at the time … Continue reading READERS CAN BECOME DEACONS
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