parish
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At times, I easily worked more than 80 hours in a week in a parish.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
Willis, parish rector of St Michael's Church in Brantham, said he had "never seen anything like" the outpouring of support.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The local parish council chair Tim McNally said that the village will now be known as the "principality of Piddington".
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
On Tuesday, locals filed into the parish hall to vote on whether their village should symbolically declare independence from the U.K., a move they hope will call attention to their plight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Her drumming fingers on the pile of parish magazines said, Normal?
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
He served in several parishes within the Archdiocese of Birmingham before becoming Bishop of Northampton in 2020.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Gross and De Petro say churches across the country have reached out about speaking to their parishes to inspire more young people to attend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
The Catholic Archdiocese of Denver, two Catholic parishes in Colorado and two parents, Dan and Lisa Sheley, filed suit, but lost in lower courts, prompting the appeal to the Supreme Court.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
Ebel and Diestel were provincial clergymen, scarcely known outside their parishes until, as Mr. Clark says, scandal tightened around them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Barack was the first person I’d met at Sidley who had spent time in the barbershops, barbecue joints, and Bible-thumping black parishes of the Far South Side.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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