BREAKING NEWS: 2022 Days of '47 KSL Parade Makes History

Hello again, everyone! KSL just shared a major new report regarding how the 2022 "Days of '47" KSL Parade will make history. As some of you are no doubt aware, for a long time, members of the First Presidency rotated the assignment to serve as grand marshal of that parade. In recent years, two members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles did so (Acting President M. Russell Ballard, who has prominent pioneer ancestry, and Elder Ronald A. Rasband, who, at that time, had apostolic supervisory oversight for the Utah Area).

Elder Craig C. Christensen, who served for several years as the president of the Utah Area of the Church, also served as the grand marshal of the parade one year. Today, in a teaser for a story coming during the 6:30 PM newscast, KSL showed longtime religion reporter Carole Mikita with outgoing Relief Society General President Sister Jean B. Bingham, with the voiceover description indicating that the story would cover how this year's parade grand marshal will make history.

I am pleased to thereby confirm that Sister Bingham will fill that role this year, as one of the last (if not the very last) public appearances she will make as Relief Society General President before her release becomes effective August 1. This is another example of the Brethren publicly acknowledging the important role of Latter-day Saint women in the Church. Although this will be the first time the Church does this, I have no doubts it will not be the last, and I look forward to seeing when it will happen next.

I am grateful to have been able to learn of and pass along this news. I continue to monitor all Church news updates and temple developments and will be sure to pass word of those along to you all as I become aware thereof. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines. Thank you for the privilege of your time.

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UPDATED: Current Apostolic Data

Hello again, everyone! It has been a tradition on this blog for me to provide updates on apostolic data every 7 weeks. Having last done so on May 29, it is time to publish the newest such data. As with every two-part update, the first part contains updated data about the age and tenure length records for all 17 Church Presidents. The first part also includes updated information on the tenure length records for each of the 28 Presidents of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

The first document also shows information on the three sets of apostolic groups: the longest-serving First Presidencies (which will not be updated with the First Presidency as presently constituted until 2024), in addition to the longest-serving groups of members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and groups of all ordained apostles (the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles).

The latest version of that document also shows when the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles as currently comprised will move up on the list of the longest-serving Quorums of the Twelve Apostles, in addition to specifics on when the current members of that Quorum, along with the current First Presidency, will reach the next milestones on that list.

Meanwhile, the second part of today's update shows the long-form and decimal ages for the members of the current First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the apostolic groups overall, in addition to the average ages of each group and apostolic nonagenarians (with 2 of the current 15 apostles being on that list, and the timing noted for when each of the other 13 apostles will join that list).

Hopefully this shared data will be of interest to you all, and again, I offer an open invitation to anyone who has any questions about those documents to ask them here. I will, of course, continue to monitor all Church news updates and temple developments, and will do my level best to bring word of those to you all as I become aware of all such reports. In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines. Thank you for the privilege of your time. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added content, please feel free to subscribe. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.

BREAKING TEMPLE NEWS: First Presidency Officially Confirms the Name of the Greater Guatemala City Guatemala Temple

Hello again, everyone! I have mentioned in the past that, per the official page for the Greater Guatemala City Guatemala Temple, the name was revealed to be the Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple. A short time ago either late this morning or early this afternoon, an official announcement from the First Presidency confirmed that detail. I knew the official confirmation was simply a matter of time and am grateful that it has been confirmed today.

That official confirmation also reiterated the official details for that temple, including its' location, size, and rendering, which had originally been announced in mid-to-late September of last year. The confirmation of the official name gives me hope that a groundbreaking announcement might follow soon. I am similarly hopeful for groundbreaking announcements on the other three temples for which the official information (including exterior renderings) were released on that same day.

And given the Church's recently-reported progress on clearing the sites for the Montpelier and Teton River Idaho Temples (the latter being the temple announced for the Rexburg North area), announcements on potential groundbreakings could follow soon for both of those temples as well. I continue to monitor all such updates and will be sure to pass those along to you all here as those reports are provided.

In the meantime, that does it for now. All comments are, as always, welcome and appreciated, on any post at any time, as long as the offered feedback is made per the established guidelines. Thank you for the privilege of your time. I hope any of you who would like to share anything will take your opportunity to “sound off” in the comments below. If you enjoyed what you read here and would like to stay informed of newly added content, please feel free to subscribe. Until my next post, I wish each one of you all the best and pray that the Lord will bless you all in everything you do.