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Recent Examples of parish
Built in 1889, the church is one of the first parishes built in L.A. and is home to Northeast L.A.’s all-girls college prep Sacred Heart High School.
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Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
The decline in number of parishes corresponds to a national decline in religious affiliation.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024
The closures aim to pool resources from underutilized churches to strengthen remaining parishes.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
Increasingly, priests serve multiple parishes through collaborative arrangements, and more collaborations and mergers are expected in coming years.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
The decline in number of parishes corresponds to a national decline in religious affiliation.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024
The closures aim to pool resources from underutilized churches to strengthen remaining parishes.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
Increasingly, priests serve multiple parishes through collaborative arrangements, and more collaborations and mergers are expected in coming years.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parish
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What about further empowerment of the laity to take on larger roles within the church — particularly evangelical and managerial — reducing pressure on under-staffed parishes and leading one day to married priests as the Catholic Church allowed for its first 1,000 years?Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024
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Discontented laity and non-Catholics turn to the church hierarchy in search of catharsis — or more cynically, perhaps a chance to score political points against enemy politicians.Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 12 May 2024
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To raise money, the congregation is selling Christmas tamales and hosting a tamale-making class on Friday.Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
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After blessing the holy water, the archbishop will sprinkle it over the congregation and then the altar.Christian Edwards, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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Last week, the virus was found in a flock of ducks at a pet fair in Hawaii, the one state that hadn’t previously found a case — probably transmitted by wild birds, which continue to spread the illness far and wide.Zeynep Tufekci, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
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For centuries various scientists have been trying to figure out how flocks of birds and schools of fish are able to move in perfect unison. . . .Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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Following the ceremony, volunteers from the church and area organizations will lay wreaths on the graves of military veterans as a gesture of thanks for their service and sacrifice.Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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Such reasoning has been rejected by victims, church reformers and even some bishops who have called for church organizations to be transparent to aid in healing for those who’ve suffered and seek atonement for not just the abuse, but also repeated cover-ups over the years.Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Parish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parish. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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