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“It was a new thing for everybody. No one would call you ‘Deacon.’ Now it’s like it’s your first name.”

— Deacon Silvio Mayo, recalling his ordination in 1976,
as Salt Lake City prepares to ordain 21 new deacons today.
Ad multos annos!

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