Word: tagoona
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...little wooden schoolhouse at Rankin Inlet on the icebound coast of Hudson Bay. Before them. Anglican Bishop Donald Marsh solemnly intoned: "It apper-taineth to the office of a deacon, in the church where he shall be appointed to serve, to assist the priest in divine service ..." Armand Tagoona, 35, was being ordained the first Anglican deacon in the eastern Arctic...
...Armand Tagoona's ordination is a landmark in one of the most successful Anglican missions in the world. There are only 23 Anglican clergymen in the Canadian Arctic, as compared with more than 90 Roman Catholics, but 82.5% of Canada's Eskimos are Anglicans...
First Report. Brand-new Deacon Tagoona got acquainted with theology on his own with the help of books in English and the careful study of Biblical texts. "He knows more than most graduates of theological schools," says the bishop. "In another year he may become a priest...
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