{"id":2478,"date":"2008-05-23T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/05\/sing-a-new-song.html"},"modified":"2008-05-23T08:53:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-23T08:53:00","slug":"sing-a-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/05\/sing-a-new-song.html","title":{"rendered":"Sing a new song!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SDa_aVJPU1I\/AAAAAAAACcM\/guNxSRUlmIo\/s1600-h\/_MG_5433a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SDa_aVJPU1I\/AAAAAAAACcM\/guNxSRUlmIo\/s400\/_MG_5433a.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Last weekend &#8212; the weekend when I celebrated the anniversary of my own ordination just one year ago &#8212; our neighbors to the east welcomed some new deacons, as the Diocese of Rockville Centre (on Long Island) ordained 13.  <\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.licatholic.org\/news\/052108\/Diocese_Welcome_New_Deacons.html\">Long Island Catholic link<\/a> for more pictures, and details.  <\/p>\n<p>Congratulations and blessings!  Welcome, neighbors!<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SDa_yFJPU2I\/AAAAAAAACcU\/DKVGeHE3JeM\/s1600-h\/_MG_5656a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SDa_yFJPU2I\/AAAAAAAACcU\/DKVGeHE3JeM\/s400\/_MG_5656a.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><i>Photos by: Gregory A. Shemitz\/The Long Island Catholic<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend &#8212; the weekend when I celebrated the anniversary of my own ordination just one year ago &#8212; our neighbors to the east welcomed some new deacons, as the Diocese of Rockville Centre (on Long Island) ordained 13. Visit the Long Island Catholic link for more pictures, and details. Congratulations and blessings! 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