In her will she left more than $25,000 to the parish.

The small building was home to the parish until 1913.

He was new to the parish, here only a few months.

From this experience he returned to his parish a changed man.

"This is a shot in the arm that will bring new life to the parish."

The present church has 1,335 families that belong to the parish.

They go to parishes in poor communities where people share their many stories and little food with them.

They are lent to the winning parish to be held by them for the next year.

The group also decided to send a copy of the service to parishes and high schools.

By the 1990s, however, it had grown to more than 500 people and half were forced to move to other parishes.