A new name is also in the works for a south St. Louis parish formed by the merger of Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Mary Magdalen and St. Joan of Arc.

Holy Assumption Parish, 7109 W. Orchard St.; St. Augustine, 6768 W. Rogers St.; and St. Rita, 2318 S. 61st St., will merge into one parish with a new name, which is yet to be announced.

The Holy Cross and Blessed Sacrament parishes in Olyphant and Throop consolidated into one Tuesday, taking on a new identity and becoming one of the first Roman Catholic churches worldwide to name ...

St. Lucy is a martyr born during the third century in Italy. Her name means “light” and she is the patron saint of blindness. The feast day of St. Lucy is Dec. 13, which the new South City ...

Other parishes in the vicinity are being charged amounts approaching $1 million. Mr. Forgach suggested that this all ties into the Diocese’s plans to merge parishes. He told Rose “It’s clear.