parish
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My own parish in Virginia supports an after-school program for the local Salvadoran community, among other projects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The driving force behind that is Padre Pepe, a chatty parish priest in jeans and checked shirt rather than a dog collar.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Turner was appointed as a so-called commissioned lay worker at St Brendan's, but said his role was to act as a pastor for the east Belfast parish.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The new bill shifts from a fixed number to subsidizing one ADA per 7,500 people in the parish.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
Furthermore, the parish priest arranged for her to travel under the care of a group of Franciscan nuns who were going to Toledo, where they hoped to find dependable people to accompany her to Belgium.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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