FOR THE RECORD - March 11, 2009
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Quinceaneras: An article in Monday’s Section A about steps taken by the Roman Catholic Church to institutionalize quinceaneras by introducing a prayer book said that the church allows the ceremony to be performed by an unordained minister called a deacon. Deacons in the Catholic Church are ordained. The article also said that the church suggests that this version of the ceremony begin with a passage from Jeremiah, in which God asks Mary to carry his child. The passage refers to God asking Jeremiah to be a prophet.
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