Word: mormon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Before making any major personal decision, Michigan's George Romney usually spends an entire day in seclusion meditating and seeking divine guidance. Last week, after a day at home, Mormon Romney had the word. The nation-if not the Deity-would have been very much surprised if it had been...
...been raised by her mother as a Roman Catholic. She quit college in 1963 to marry Robert Connolly, a Catholic. She divorced him a year and a half ago after the birth of a son, and resumed her education at Oakland University. Last November she was baptized into the Mormon Church a month before she and Scott became engaged...
Preparation for temple marriage begins with the most closely guarded and one of the most sacred of Mormon rites: the endowments, or joint covenants between the couple and God to fulfill his commandments and practice the Gospel. In return, says a Mormon leader, "the Lord will promise you blessings beyond comprehension." Scott and Ronna made their covenants the day before the wedding in three different rooms of the temple, symbolizing the three degrees of glory. Some 200 people participated, including temple assistants alert to any deviation from the strict five-hour procedure. Any mistake would have to be corrected before...
...Mormon temple. Ronna's parents, who are not Mormons, were not permitted to witness the ceremony. Her mother divorced Ronna's father, James Stern, and is now married to Will Kraus, a Presbyterian. Also not present to be sealed in the family unit was Ronna's three-year-old son, Kevin, whom Ronna and Scott plan to adopt and give the surname of Romney...
...which the wife shares with the husband, though she cannot perform priestly rites-entered the small Sealing Room. There was neither music nor flowers. Governor Romney and Scott's uncle acted as witnesses, their duty being to ensure that no mistakes be made in the ritual. Officiating was Mormon Elder Hugh B. Brown, one of the church's Twelve Apostles, who began with a warm ten-minute homily to the couple. "Hang the marriage license on the wall," he advised Ronna, "and point it out to Scott occasionally...