1.   The same man apparently also posed as a deacon at a nearby Catholic parish but fled when confronted.

2.   And since the pastors of these evangelical churches do not require formal religious training, their congregations multiply much more quickly than Catholic parishes.

3.   And some religious orders also have begun recruiting campaigns in high schools, colleges and Catholic parishes aimed at younger women and minorities.

4.   At the upper end of Laguna Street at Los Olivos, the building remains a Catholic parish and is open to the public year-round.

5.   But other Catholic parishes might not qualify.

6.   Catholic parishes need huge numbers of Hispanic lay leaders and youth ministers, and they need them now, a nationwide study has found.

7.   For years, Bishop Loughlin had culled the top-scoring male student from each Catholic parish in the diocese and offered him an academic scholarship.

8.   From the beginning, Windthorst was more of a Catholic parish than a farming town.

9.   He toured Catholic parishes after being shooed away by the church hierarchy because the list of supplicants for official help is already too long.

10.   Immigrants to the area have helped keep the Catholic parishes in the area vibrant, filling Sunday Masses and swelling the enrollment of Catholic schools.