St. Mary Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census,the population was 49,406. The parish seat is Franklin. The parish was created in 1811.
Martha is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany,she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to Jesus resurrecting her brother,Lazarus.
According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition,Saint Anne was the mother of Mary,the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing,Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come only from New Testament apocrypha,of which the Gospel of James seems to be the earliest that mentions them. The mother of Mary is mentioned but not named in the Quran.
Lucia of Syracuse (283–304),also called Saint Lucia better known as Saint Lucy,was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic,Anglican,Lutheran,and Eastern Orthodox churches. She is one of eight women explicitly commemorated by Catholics in the Canon of the Mass. Her traditional feast day,known in Europe as Saint Lucy's Day,is observed by Western Christians on 13 December. Lucia of Syracuse was honored in the Middle Ages and remained a well-known saint in early modern England. She is one of the best known virgin martyrs,along with Agatha of Sicily,Agnes of Rome,Cecilia of Rome and Catherine of Alexandria.
A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church,built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently,generally due to distance away.
Great Brington is a village in Northamptonshire,England,in the civil parish of Brington,which at the 2011 Census had a population of about 200. St Mary the Virgin's church is the parish church.
Katharine Drexel,SBS was an American Catholic heiress,philanthropist,religious sister,and educator. In 1891,she founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament,a religious order serving Black and Indigenous Americans.
The Felician Sisters,officially known as the Congregation of Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Assisi (CSSF),is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity,poverty,and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common. This active-contemplative religious institute was founded in Warsaw,Poland,in 1855,by Sophia Truszkowska,and named for a shrine of St. Felix,a 16th-century Capuchin saint especially devoted to children.
Holmbury St Mary is a village in Surrey,England centered on shallow upper slopes of the Greensand Ridge. Its developed area is a nucleated village,4.5 miles (7 km) southwest of Dorking and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Guildford. Most of the village is in the borough of Guildford,within Shere civil parish. Much of the east side of the village street is in the district of Mole Valley,within Abinger civil parish.
The Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus is a religious congregation of priests and brothers founded by St. Hannibal Mary Di Francia (1851–1927) on May 16,1897. The word "rogationist" comes from the Latin rogate which means "pray".
The Diocese of Evansville is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Southwestern Indiana in the United States.
The Diocese of Armagh is the metropolitan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Armagh,the Church of Ireland province that covers the northern half (approximately) of the island of Ireland. The diocese mainly covers counties Louth,Tyrone and Armagh,and parts of Down. The diocesan bishop is also the Archbishop of Armagh,the archbishop of the province,and the Primate of All Ireland. The Archbishop has his seat in St Patrick's Cathedral in the town of Armagh.
Lampaul-Guimiliau is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France. It is noted for its parish close.
The Diocese of Cork,Cloyne and Ross,also referred to as the United Diocese of Cork,Cloyne and Ross,is a diocese in the Church of Ireland. The diocese is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. It is the see of the Bishop of Cork,Cloyne and Ross,the result of a combination of the bishoprics of Cork and Cloyne and Ross in 1583,the separation of Cork and Ross and Cloyne in 1660,and the re-combination of Cork and Ross and Cloyne in 1835.
The St. Antony's Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church is located at Ollur,Thrissur city in Kerala,India. The church belongs to Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur. According to rough figures there are around 4,000 Christian families in the parish. Because of the huge presence of Christian people in Ollur,with its religious,educational,medical,social-service,and secular organisations and institution,Ollur has been called as Chinna Roma. The church is constructed on a hill-top which is the highest location in the area. The church is surrounded by a huge protective compound wall called Elephant Wall. When Thrissur Vicariate Apostolic was erected in 1887,Ollur was the richest,most populous,and influential parish,so much that the Vicar of the Ollur parish were included in Adolph Medlycott's four-member diocesan apex council. St. Anthony's Forane Church has 18 churches under its jurisdiction.
St. Mary's Catholic Church was a parish of the Diocese of Davenport. The church building is located in the west end of Davenport,Iowa,United States,at the corner of Fillmore and W. 6th Streets. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church Complex. The designation includes the church building and rectory on the west side of Fillmore Street,and the former parochial school building and convent on the east side. A former school building operated by the parish two blocks north on West Eighth Street is also on the National Register and is listed as St. Mary's Academy. The parish ceased operations in July 2020 when it was merged into St. Anthony's Church downtown. The parish campus is being acquired by the nonprofit organization Humility Homes &Services,which is operated by the Congregation of the Humility of Mary.
St. Mary's Forane Church Edoor is one of the oldest churches and a notable Marian pilgrim centre in North Malabar of Kerala. It is near Iritty,the eastern town of Kannur district. This church is the first church in the name of St. Mary under the archdiocese of Thalassery. It is also the largest parish in the archdiocese. It is situated about 6.5 kilometres from the town of Iritty,which is also known as 'The Coorg valley in the God's own country'.
St Winefride Church is Roman Catholic Parish church in South Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. It was founded as a chapel of ease of Sacred Heart Church,Wimbledon by the Society of Jesus in 1905. It is Grade II listed building and was designed by Frederick Walters.
The Diocese of Tuam,Limerick and Killaloe is a diocese of the Church of Ireland that is located in the west of Ireland. The diocese was formed by a merger of the former Diocese of Tuam,Killala and Achonry and the former Diocese of Limerick and Killaloe in 2022,after the retirement of the separate dioceses' bishops and the appointment of Michael Burrows as bishop of the united diocese. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. It is one of the eleven Church of Ireland dioceses that cover the whole of Ireland. The largest diocese by area in the Church of Ireland,it covers all of counties Clare,Galway,Kerry,Limerick and Mayo,plus parts of counties Cork,Sligo,Roscommon,Offaly,Laois and Tipperary.
