parishioner
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Cynthia Rios is a parishioner at Our Lady of Victory in East Los Angeles who stopped attending her regular 1 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
One of them was immigration attorney and fellow St. Cecilia parishioner Lisa Ramirez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The church bell, recently restored with a gift from a new parishioner, rings out across the neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The jury also found him guilty of defrauding a parishioner, whose husband had died, of £1,000 between 24 September and 31 October 2016.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024
M ., whereupon detectives, who had been strenuously but abortively interrogating the suspect, withdrew to another room, leaving the minister to consult privately with his parishioner.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
In one stirring scene, Lion gives a speech at church, trying vainly to persuade the parishioners that there is more to life than getting their kids into top colleges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Eighteen parishioners successfully petitioned the Duke of Beaufort to remove Byfield from the position.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
If Resurrection Church is famed in Catholic and activist circles across Southern California, it’s because parishioners over the decades have had to deal with afflictions on the level of Job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
On a recent Sunday in Tuskegee, parishioners gathered outside Butler Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, grappling with the Supreme Court ruling and their future in the district.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
But Dorus did have a temper—which he lost sometimes at home with his children, and even with his parishioners.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
