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Post date: Aug 21, 2014 7:23:10 PM

"... The parish is not an outdated institution; precisely because it possesses great flexibility, it can assume quite different contours depending on the openness and missionary creativity of the pastor and the community… it continues to be “the Church living in the midst of the homes of her sons and daughters”.

The parish is...a community of communities, a sanctuary where the thirsty come to drink in the midst of their journey, and a centre of constant missionary outreach ..."