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parish

[par-ish] / ˈpær ɪʃ /


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Shannon McManus, a resident of another rural Louisiana parish with a data center in the works, told NPR that he’s all for progress, but just asks for honesty from tech giants.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

The parish has slightly lower incomes and higher poverty than the state at large.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

In the rectory dining room before the vigil, the burly 85-year-old priest said he wasn’t fazed that his working-class parish has weathered so much since arriving in 1983.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

"If I had one dream," he says, "it's to bring our youth back to our parish."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

“I had a few lines on parish business from Mr. Weston this morning, and at the end of them he gave me a brief account of what had happened.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

He served in several parishes within the Archdiocese of Birmingham before becoming Bishop of Northampton in 2020.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

Criticism of Trump’s attack on the pope also came from the Knights of Columbus, a nonpartisan lay Catholic organization with far-reaching influence in parishes across the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 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

Once a destination for Western missionaries, the continent increasingly exports priests to parishes in Europe and North America, where the number of priests is declining.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 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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