{"id":1008,"date":"2009-02-23T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/what-no-deacons.html"},"modified":"2009-02-23T17:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T17:02:00","slug":"what-no-deacons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/02\/what-no-deacons.html","title":{"rendered":"What?  No deacons?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A deacon writes: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p> Deacon Greg: <\/p>\n<p>I fully realize from all the testimony that Archbishop Dolan is a good man.  However, (and this may be my own shortcoming) he gets off on the wrong foot with me by no acknowlegement of his deacons in his first statement.  <\/p>\n<p>He loves his priests and religious, though.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> Well, I have to say, this writer makes a good point &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A deacon writes: Deacon Greg: I fully realize from all the testimony that Archbishop Dolan is a good man. However, (and this may be my own shortcoming) he gets off on the wrong foot with me by no acknowlegement of his deacons in his first statement. He loves his priests and religious, though. 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