At 3 pm on August 20 of this year, Al Oliver became the first man in the Saginaw Diocese to be ordained a deacon since 1981. The deaconate program had been closed until women would be admitted, but Saginaw's new pastor, Bishop Robert Carlson, had other plans.
Two years ago, Saginaw had two seminarians. Today, they have seventeen.
I'm just sayin'.
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I don't know how to discern what God wants for my life, so I just pray to be made a great saint, and I offer everything up I can.
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