Deseret News best of 2012: Top LDS-related events
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In January, the church organized a special worldwide broadcast commemorating the 100th anniversary of LDS seminaries with President Packer, president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as the featured speaker. Today there are nearly 370,000 high school-age students participating in seminary classes in more than 140 nations of the world. There are also 350,000 young people enrolled in institute classes for college-age students.
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