How to Use parishioner in a Sentence

parishioner

noun

• To their parishioners and to the families that are the members of the church.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 11 June 2018
• Well, the new parishioner turns out to be Leland Townsend.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2021
• Purcell asked parishioners to climb the hill and pray that money would be raised to build the church.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024
• Connie Meza has been a parishioner at St. Mary's for eight decades.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2023
• The church flat-out lied to their faithful parishioners for nearly two years.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2024
• He's seen spraying the squirt gun at his parishioners and food baskets.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 18 May 2020
• Joanne was a long time and devout parishioner of Corpus Christi Church.
  — courant.com, 28 June 2018
• Aranguren wrote in a letter to parishioners later that day.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, miamiherald, 26 May 2018
• Tithing is a contribution a parishioner makes to the church.
  — Lauren Artino, Cincinnati.com, 24 Feb. 2020
• Just as parishioners have basic needs, so does the church, Rodriguez said.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
• A year ago, parishioner Jim Weigel set up a book store and is donating all profits to the school.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 27 June 2018
• Caggiano wrote in a letter to parishioners when the report was released last month.
  — Alison Knezevich, baltimoresun.com, 11 Nov. 2019
• CBS News has not been able to confirm that all parishioners are aware of the misconduct.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2020
• The pastor has since apologized to parishioners in a post on the church’s Facebook page.
  — Stefano Montali, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• On hot days, a parishioner brought red umbrellas to protect kids from the sun.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
• Many churches have told parishioners to pray to their computer screens and not to the altar.
  — Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2020
• Multiple parishioners stood and turned their backs to the New York billionaire neared the end of his 10-minute speech.
  — Time, 2 Mar. 2020
• First Reformed seems to only have about five parishioners; most of the town belongs to the mega-church Abundant Life.
  — Lindsey Bahr, kansascity, 7 June 2018
• The church’s pastor, Msgr. John C. Marine, said her deep faith and broad smile made parishioners want to know her.
  — Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 9 May 2018
• The gunman was shot dead by two armed parishioners who are part of the church's security team.
  — NBC News, 30 Dec. 2019
• Ann was a faithful parishioner of Mary, Gate of Heaven Parishes for many years.
  — courant.com, 13 July 2018
• The Ashes planned to fly to Dublin and then drive to Clonmany for a wedding in an old stone church where Ashe’s people have been parishioners since the 1800s.
  — Sean P. Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• But church officials said such a move would not be in the best interest of its parishioners.
  — Kim Chatelain, NOLA.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• An off-duty Border Patrol agent grabbed the handgun of a parishioner and fired at least four rounds as Earnest ran out the door.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
• Circle of Hope was established in 1996 by Rod and Gwen—as luck would have it, their last name is White, and so were most of their parishioners.
  — Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
• In a pressure campaign, the Black pastors say the support of their parishioners, key to Biden's reelection, could be on the line.
  — Devan Schwartz, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
• Countless big-name pastors caught with their hands in the collection plate or on a parishioner.
  — John Blake, CNN, 29 June 2019
• The parishioner may have been exposed through a relative.
  — Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 29 June 2020
• Cenci enlisted the help of a nearby parishioner to poke around.
  — Sydney Bishop, CNN, 7 July 2024
• Then, in late September, flames from an encampment fire leaped into the church parking lot and destroyed the vehicles of four of his parishioners.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024