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ParishParish has several different meanings. Most often it means an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy. It can also mean a local church with its field of activity or the people of an ecclesiastical or civil parish.

In Louisiana a parish is a county.

Parish Party: a party at a church run by the priest

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The function of the parish is to provide the local community of Catholics with Mass and the Seven Sacraments as well as other services that a Catholic priest can offer such as the blessing of religious objects which are known as sacramentals.

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Can a priest be transferred out of parish by the parish?

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