How to Use parish in a Sentence

parish

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  • The parish will be getting a new priest soon.
  • The parish has grown significantly in the last three years.
  • In the meantime, the parish is still active, with Mass being held in the parish hall.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • All but one of the four parish's friars are leaving Phoenix.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2023
  • Christ the King’s building was constructed in 1928 for the parish of St. Clara.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The parish is holding the cookie sale at two worship sites.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The food pantry, run by members of the cathedral parish, also will be able to serve more of those in need, Blair said.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Others in the parish, however, thought the church should have taken a tougher stance.
    — Mariya Manzhos, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Her father, Patrick Brontë, was the parson of the local parish.
    — V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
  • De Rosa urged this flock to cling to truth, unity and their faith throughout the seismic changes to come for their parish.
    — William Wan, Washington Post, 24 July 2022
  • The Touchstones were very involved with their Catholic parish and often brought Ryan to Mass with them.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Jewell said that tens of homes were damaged by the tornado, the second in just two weeks that touched the parish.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Migrants filed out of the parish to hugs from volunteers and new cellphones.
    — Beth Reinhard, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Seen from afar, the parish of Ponta do Sol looks as compact and picturesque as a postcard.
    — Susana Ferreira, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Gibbons is leaving in the midst of big changes coming to Cincinnati's Catholic schools and parishes.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 1 May 2023
  • The developers are buying the lot from St. Mark's, which would use the sale proceeds to help finance a new parish hall.
    — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Almost all the wage-earners in his parish are fishermen, with a deep connection and love for the sea which is a source of life for them.
    — Uzmi Athar, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2023
  • That site now includes a vacant lot as well as St. Mark Episcopal Church's parish hall.
    — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2022
  • My call there is to work hard to pastor it as a parish, but also to send out the message of the unity of the church of all parishes under the archbishop.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Their water comes from the Mississippi River, which runs through the parish like a central nerve.
    — Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The Alliance also helped erect low-cost housing near some parishes.
    — Patricia Montemurri, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2023
  • By the next Sunday, his parish had set up a food distribution center.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Every Sunday after church, my husband and I visit with a small group of friends at the cozy coffee shop near our parish.
    — Alexandra Desanctis, National Review, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Israel has justified the attack, claiming the presence of a missile launcher in the parish.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2023
  • And with this wealth, Germany helps to fund seminary schools and parishes across Latin America and Africa.
    — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Volunteers from the cathedral parish will set up for the festival Thursday (Aug. 24).
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The church, with a soaring modern nave, serves a parish of about twenty-five hundred families.
    — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 30 July 2022
  • My mother, when young, escaped that fate by moving to my father’s parish, Portland.
    — Ishion Hutchinson, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2022
  • During that time, Carson made false entries into the parish's database used to track payments.
    — Jen Guadarrama, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Please see The Madeleine parish’s response to Archbishop Sample’s guidelines.
    — oregonlive, 9 July 2023

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