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Recent Examples of parishes
Not all parishes can afford to pay for a support staff to fully serve the parish and our missionary aspirations.
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Tim Fang,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Four of Cincinnati's oldest West Side parishes are making plans to merge into a new parish that would serve hundreds of Catholics who attend their churches and schools.
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Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Four of Cincinnati's oldest West Side parishes are making plans to merge into a new parish that would serve hundreds of Catholics who attend their churches and schools.
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Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parishes
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Both congregations identify as non-denominational, evangelical Christian churches.
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Leaders of major churches failed to report abusers to police or their congregations, the report said.
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Birders seek out flocks attracted to the park during the migration seasons.
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The same strain has forced record culls and pushed up egg prices across North America and Europe, and Australian flocks have no exposure to it.
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Skeptics said that for a denomination with more than 40,000 churches and millions of members, those numbers were lamentable but not symptoms of a widespread crisis.
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One pastor, two churches in Charlotte That honeymoon phase eventually gave way to a complicated reality involving Chadwick, the man who helped orchestrate Forest Hill’s expansion with the YMCA.
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“Parishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parishes. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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