Deacon Association Meets in Salt Lake City

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Bishop Oscar A. Solis was the keynote speaker for the April 30 session of the National Association of Diaconate Directors’ convention, which was held at the Radisson Hotel in Salt Lake City.

Bishop Oscar A. Solis was the keynote speaker for the April 30 session of the National Association of Diaconate Directors’ convention, which was held at the Radisson Hotel in Salt Lake City. The association “exists to support diaconate directors, formation directors, associate directors, and their staffs in their mission to enable deacons, candidates, aspirants, their wives and families to utilize their gifts in the service of the Church following the model of Jesus Christ,” according to its website. Bishop Solis welcomed the members of the group and thanked them for coming to the Diocese of Salt Lake City. For the past 49 years, the diocese has benefited from the ministry of permanent deacons, he said in his comments, adding that his own ministry and spiritual journey continue to be enriched by the close collaboration of the deacons, their wives and families – “men and women whose sacrifices are known only to Almighty God, who called them to serve his Church.”  IC photo/Marie Mischel