parishioner
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Your church must have brought a great sense of community and spiritual healing to that parishioner to give such a generous gift.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
A Catholic church in central Massachusetts recently received a $1.5 million bequest from a generous parishioner who has passed away.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The church bell, recently restored with a gift from a new parishioner, rings out across the neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“The diocese needs to protect themselves against this litigation,” said Bettini, a longtime parishioner of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Fresno.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
M ., whereupon detectives, who had been strenuously but abortively interrogating the suspect, withdrew to another room, leaving the minister to consult privately with his parishioner.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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A witness to her arrival told me that it didn’t take long for parishioners to realize that the popular politician was in their midst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Given the size and long-term nature of this gift, we want to make sure the funds are managed prudently and in the best interests of the parish and its future parishioners.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Priests and parishioners in Pope Leo XIV's hometown of Chicago expressed shock, support and hope Wednesday after doctors discovered that a nodule removed from his lung was cancerous.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Several parishioners had come into the church to light a candle and to pray, he said, with Hannah's photo displayed on its door.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
My grandparents, Rev. Dr. James Thomas and Winell Thomas, met when he was an eighteen-year-old ministerial student in a small Jamaican parish and she and her parents were newly arrived parishioners from Cuba.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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