Sentence examples for parish congregation from inspiring English sources

The allegations were made public in 1995 when one of Mr. Hanley's successors, a maverick priest who broke with widely accepted church thinking, informed the parish congregation of the allegations.

It was the only parish congregation he would serve as a minister.

At least the parish and congregation have been understanding and I am able to work "flexi-time" to try to fit work with parenting responsibilities.

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Many houses of worship also work to support the recovery and rebuilding efforts; if you are a member of a house of worship, consider reaching out and asking the question of what can your parish or congregation do to help.

Invariably, those recent graduates delivered similar reports of Catholic life after Yale: stultifying parishes, aging congregations, irrelevant homilies, all resulting in a drift away.

Under the plans, female bishops would be introduced with a house of bishops "declaration" setting out guidance for parishes where congregations reject female ministry.

Parishes with congregations comprised of more one-third Latino (<33%) reported significantly higher mean scores on Organizational Readiness compared with parishes that had fewer Latino members (mean = 4.05 versus 3.42, respectively; p < 0.05).

"The bad news is, it's not a parish with a congregation.

In the organization of the church, each self-supporting congregation (parish) elects its lay governing board (vestry) for temporal affairs and its rector as spiritual leader.

It found that only 41percentt planned to serve as pastors or associate pastors of a congregation or parish.