Sentence examples for senior deacon from inspiring English sources

He and Rosamond lived and raised their children, Bill and Reeve, in Old Greenwich Connecticut, where he served as Senior Deacon of the First Congregational Church.

In the afternoon, the Rev. Thomas E. Gilmore of the First Baptist Church of Ensley stopped by with his senior deacon.

You won't find it in a recipe book (it baffles even Google) but they were staples of chapel teas, baked by the senior deacon's wife for Sunday school anniversaries and Bible rallies.

In such an event, the announcement is made by the next senior Deacon, who has thus succeeded as Protodeacon.

The lodge's senior deacon, Jim Warren, calls it " 'Star Trek' without the chicks". "We have every possible national origin, ethnicity and religious denomination you could imagine," he said.

The master of ceremonies duties were shared by Erik Adams and Mike Campbell, senior deacons of their respective lodges.

Next, the Cardinal Protodeacon (the senior Cardinal Deacon) appears at the loggia of the Basilica to proclaim the new pope.

French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the senior cardinal deacon, will appear on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to shout "Habemus Papam!" ("We have a pope!).

If no result is obtained after three vote days of balloting, the process is suspended for a maximum of one day for prayer and an address by the senior Cardinal Deacon.

Following the announcement, the senior Cardinal Deacon retreats, and papal aides unfurl a large, maroon banner that out of practicality often bears the late pope's arms in the centre, draping it onto the railing of the Basilica's loggia.

The last time the cardinal protodeacon was elected was in 1513 when Giovanni de Medici was elected as Pope Leo X and the next senior cardinal deacon Alessandro Farnese (the future Pope Paul III) made the announcement.