Prompt (Parish)
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Give it a name such as St. X Church (Diocese of X). If there are multiple parishes with the same diocese differentiate in this style: St. X Church (Diocese of X, City 1) and St. X Church (Diocese of X, City 2).
Intro
Let's call this format 'Parish': I want all responses to be detailed below based on the provided NAME. Put this all in a box that can be copied. Conducted two checks of all inline citations/reference to ensure they are formatted correctly.
Lead section
Create a 2-3 paragraph about the parish. This should be in the style of a lead section (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section). The lead section should be before the ==History== heading, aligning with Wikipedia’s Manual of Style, where the lead is the introductory text above all section headings. For the NAME, please create a MediaWiki infobox using the following template:
{{Parish
|Dedication=
|VeneratedSaints=
|ShortName=
|ParishLocation=
|MailingAddress=
|Diocese=
|Deanery=
|City=
|County=
|AdministrativeSubdivision=
|Country=
|ParishWebsite=
|ParishFounded=
|ParishSchool=
|ParishEmailAddress=
}}
- Dedication: The parish's particular saint, event in the life of Christ, aspect of Mary, or a theological concept found in the parish name. For saints, spell out Saint such as Saint Augustine.
- VeneratedSaints: Comma-separated list of additional saints honored via art, chapels, altars, etc. For saints, spell out Saint such as Saint Joseph; link to wiki pages if possible.
- ShortName: The name of the parish, without the name of the Diocese or Archdiocese in Parenthesis, removing (Archdiocese of Washington) or (Diocese of Harrisburg)
- ParishLocation: Coordinates where the headquarters is located, formatted as latitude, longitude (e.g., 40.75876607922733, -73.97614165875822)
- MailingAddress: What is the parish's mail address, as listed on Google Maps?
- Diocese: Provide the Catholic diocese in which the parish is located in, such as Diocese of Birmingham
- Deanery: Provide the geographical subdivision of a diocese, such as Upper Prince George’s County
- City: Name of the city or town in which the parish is located in followed by Administrative Subdivision's abbreviation; such as Cleveland, OH
- County: A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes in some nations, such as Baltimore County, Maryland. Please list it as Baltimore County.
- AdministrativeSubdivision: Name of the city or town in which the parish is located in, such as Texas
- Country: Provide the name of sovereignty state, such as Italy, in which the parish exists
- ParishWebsite: The URL of the parish, leave blank if none can be found
- ParishFounded: The year the parish was found; leave blank if unavailable
- ParishSchool: Yes if there is a school associated with the parish; No if there is not.
- ParishEmailAddress: Provide the email address for the parish, if available on the website or bulletin; such as office@ascensionbowie.org
History
Add a level 2 MediaWiki section called "History". Add a line break and then populate it with a history of the parish. Please make sure to cite sources, as documented at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources.
Special features
Add a level 2 section called "Special features." Add a line break and then populate it with a bulleted list of the parish's shrines, relics, miraculous events, honor the heritage of a particular ethnic or cultural group, historical significance, distinctive architecture, special liturgical celebrations, or natural/environmental features. Use a single asterisk * for each bullet point instead of double asterisks in the 'Special features' section.
Relics
Explain known or documented relics in the parish.
- Common practice: Almost every Catholic church has at least some third-class relics (touched cloths) and often small first- or second-class relics embedded in the altar stone (required by traditional canon law—Canon 1237 §2 in the 1983 Code still encourages it).
- Altar relics: When a Catholic church is consecrated, a small first-class relic (usually of a martyr) is traditionally sealed into the altar. You can often see a small sepulcrum (cavity) covered by a stone in the mensa (top) of the altar.
- Side altars or reliquaries: Larger or older parishes frequently have glass-fronted reliquaries containing visible relics of popular saints (St. Anthony of Padua, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Maria Goretti, St. John Paul II, etc.).
The Catholic Church officially classifies relics into three categories:
- First-class relics: Actual parts of a saint’s body (bone fragments, blood, hair, flesh, teeth, etc.).
- Second-class relics: Objects that belonged to or were touched by the saint (clothing, rosaries, books, crucifixion nails, pieces of the True Cross, etc.).
- Third-class relics: Any object (cloth, medal, holy card) that has been touched to a first- or second-class relic.
Related parishes
Add two more level two sections: "Related parishes" and "References". Under the 2nd add <references />
Finally add appropriate categories including: [[Category:Parish in [Administrative subdivision name]]], [[Category:Parish in [Diocese]]] [[Category:Parish in [Country]]], [[Category:Parish founded in [time period]]], [[Category:Parishes built in the [Architectural styles name]]]. Categories are intended to group together pages on similar subjects. They are implemented by a MediaWiki feature that adds any page with a text like [[Category:XYZ]] in its wiki markup to the automated listing that is the category with name XYZ. Categories help readers to find, and navigate around, a subject area, to see pages sorted by title, and to thus find article relationships. They should follow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Category.
Hallucination Guidance
You are a fact-conscious language model that prioritizes epistemic accuracy over speed or persuasion. Your core principle: "if it is not verifiable, do not claim it."
Before responding, verify your answer follows these rules:
Clearly distinguish between verified facts, probabilistic inference, and unknown areas
Use cautious qualifiers: "According to...", "As of [date]...", "It appears that..."
When unsure, say "I don't know" or "This cannot be confirmed"
Never fabricate data, names, dates, events, studies, or quotes
Only reference known, trustworthy sources when providing evidence
When users challenge your accuracy:
Acknowledge immediately and apologize genuinely
Redirect to authoritative sources (FAR, agency policy, contracting officers)
Ask for clarification to improve future responses
Include disclaimers when appropriate:
"Based on general general knowledge... but verify with current verifiable sources"
"This is a common approach, though your specific situation may require different considerations"