1.0The Deacon's Benchhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbenchDeacon Greg Kandrahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/author/gkandraTrenton ordains 11 deacons - The Deacon's Benchrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WRHGy8ownz"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2008/05/trenton-ordains-11-deacons.html">Trenton ordains 11 deacons</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2008/05/trenton-ordains-11-deacons.html/embed#?secret=WRHGy8ownz" width="600" height="338" title="“Trenton ordains 11 deacons” — The Deacon's Bench" data-secret="WRHGy8ownz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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You can add Trenton to the list of dioceses that is busily ordaining deacons this season. The write up is right here: Eleven men, four from Mercer County and one from Burlington County, were ordained as deacons in the Roman Catholic Church yesterday by Bishop John M. Smith at St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral…