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Recent Examples of parish
As a Catholic, I have been inspired over the years when many of the priests in my parish have asked for and been open to coaching regarding their sermons.
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Jay Sullivan, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who escaped six weeks ago in a jailbreak Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called the worst in recent state history.
—CBS News, 27 June 2025
The publication reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents entered Catholic parish properties in Montclair and Highland on Friday, June 20.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Matter of fact, at least 43 such lawsuits have been filed by Louisiana parishes in partnership with prominent trial lawyers to sue oil and gas companies over questionable claims that their operations have caused coastal erosion issues south of the Mississippi River.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Jay Sullivan, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who escaped six weeks ago in a jailbreak Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called the worst in recent state history.
—CBS News, 27 June 2025
The publication reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents entered Catholic parish properties in Montclair and Highland on Friday, June 20.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Matter of fact, at least 43 such lawsuits have been filed by Louisiana parishes in partnership with prominent trial lawyers to sue oil and gas companies over questionable claims that their operations have caused coastal erosion issues south of the Mississippi River.
—David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parish
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Francis expanded the College of Cardinals beyond the large dioceses and archdioceses to create geographic and cultural diversity and to better represent the makeup of the laity and where the church is growing.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Examples of some of these key changes under Francis were revised procedures for an assembly of bishops known as a synod by allowing women and laity to participate, and his appointment of women to lead certain Vatican agencies.—
Liam Adams,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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On Thursday, a quiet congregation gathered for Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, just blocks away from the site where protesters gathered to oppose immigration raids last month.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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In Tempe, a developer has agreed to restore and preserve a vacant historic church while building on the adjacent land, and throughout the Valley many church congregations have had to grapple with selling their buildings as membership dwindles.—
Corina Vanek,
AZCentral.com,
7 July 2025
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The species lived in immense flocks year round, roaming nomadically to areas with abundant food resources -- primarily acorns, beech nuts and chestnuts.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025
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This time of year, many wild bird flocks have found their way to Texas for their wintering grounds before returning north in the spring.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Other Republicans promised to bulldoze the Department of Education, to end affirmative action, and to get rid of rules limiting church involvement in elections.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
11 July 2025
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All day, a steady stream of young people from across the state wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the names of their CrossFit gyms or their church groups presented themselves at the station, offering assistance.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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“Parish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parish. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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