Questions tagged [catholic-parishes]
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Record keeping of Catholic sacraments worldwide
Just gone through the sacrament of marriage in the US and one thing that I learned here is that they expect the parishes where my wife and I were baptized at to have record of all our sacraments; and ...
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Where to go for Catholic Priest who are Therapist/Psychologist?
Is there a catholic program or site for people to find therapist who are catholic priest?
I’ve heard of some Dioceses having counselors but what if someone would like to see a Priest specifically so ...
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Are there official church structures that exist under a Parish in the Catholic Church?
Our diocese recently had a big re-org and went down from over 100 parishes down to 30. But now our cozy little ex-congregation can't do anything fun unless the big mega-church ladies say so or we beg ...
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If a cathedral has to move in a diocese, is it normal to rename the parish?
Pending Vatican approval, my diocese is moving the Cathedral to a neighboring parish. The Cathedral Parish was St. Raphael, the new Parish is St. Bernards. Now, nothing against St. Bernard, but he's ...
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How are parish names traditionally chosen? [duplicate]
We're undergoing a big flip in the diocese of Madison and almost all the that were churches canonical parishes before are becoming part of a bigger grouping of churches within an expanded parish ...
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How does the Catholic Church choose the patron saint of a parish church?
I’m Catholic, and have been since birth. I attend parish of St. Francis in Bakersfield, California. I have noticed recently, that all Catholic Churches, for the most part are named after a Saint, i.e....
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