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.

  • Mention if it's a territorial parish (serving a geographic area) or personal/national parish (e.g., for a specific ethnic group or rite).
  • Note any designations like basilica status or historic landmark.

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=
|ParishImage=Generic church icon.jpg
}}
  • 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 the 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
  • ParishImage: Always have "Generic church icon.jpg" in this section

History

Add a level 2 MediaWiki section called "History". Add a line break and then populate it with a history of the parish, as many paragraphs as needed. Please make sure to cite sources, as documented at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources.

  • Founding date and reason (e.g., to serve immigrants, overcrowding in nearby parishes, or mission work).
  • Key milestones: Construction of the church building(s), expansions, mergers, closures, or suppressions.
  • Ethnic or cultural origins (common for "national parishes" serving Irish, German, Polish, etc., communities).
  • Notable events, renovations, or controversies (e.g., changes in liturgy or artwork).

If relevant:

  • Notable past pastors or clergy (especially if they influenced the parish significantly or went on to higher roles).
  • If staffed by a religious order (e.g., Jesuits, Franciscans, Spiritans).
  • Famous parishioners, members, or figures associated with the parish (e.g., influential in politics, arts, or Church history). Only include if well-sourced and relevant to the parish's story.

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:

  1. First-class relics: Actual parts of a saint’s body (bone fragments, blood, hair, flesh, teeth, etc.).
  2. Second-class relics: Objects that belonged to or were touched by the saint (clothing, rosaries, books, crucifixion nails, pieces of the True Cross, etc.).
  3. Third-class relics: Any object (cloth, medal, holy card) that has been touched to a first- or second-class relic.

Architecture

Pull this information from descriptions on the parish website, articles about the parish in the diocesan newspaper, as well as visual analysis of publicly available imagery from the parish's Facebook page (e.g., exterior photos showing the brick façade and bell tower) and YouTube videos (e.g., interior tours during Masses and events), Google Maps Place Pages/Listing (the public-facing "profile" that exists for every point of interest on the map, whether it's a coffee shop, a city park, or the Eiffel Tower), etc.

  • Details on the church building: Architectural style (e.g., Gothic Revival, Romanesque, Baroque), designer/architect, construction dates, and materials.
  • Interior features: Altars, stained glass, icons, organs, or artwork (often by notable artists).
  • Associated buildings: Rectory (priest's residence), convent, parish school, hall, or cemetery.
  • If applicable, mention listings on historic registers (e.g., National Register of Historic Places).

As appropriate, have level 3 subsections for "External features" and another for "Interior features". Use (*) for bullets, rather than dashes.

Art and Devotional Features

Add a level 2 MediaWiki section called "Art and Devotional Features". Add a line break and then provide detailed descriptions of the interior artwork and depictions, prioritizing the patron saint (from the dedication) first, followed by other saints (e.g., Our Lady, St. Joseph, national patrons, or popular devotions). Use subsections (level 3 headings) such as ===Stained Glass Windows===, ===Statues and Sculptures===, and ===Other Artwork=== for organization, or bulleted/table lists where appropriate. Cite sources where possible.

  • Stained Glass Windows: List and describe windows featuring saints (e.g., "The north transept window depicts St. [Name] with [symbols, such as a lily for purity or a book for a doctor of the Church], created by [artist/studio] in [year]"). Note if they illustrate the saint's life, miracles, martyrdom, or other biblical/theological scenes.
  • Statues and Sculptures: Detail prominent statues (e.g., "A marble statue of the patron saint St. [Name] stands in the main altar niche, portraying [pose or attribute, e.g., holding a palm frond for martyrdom]"). Mention locations such as side altars, shrines, niches, or outdoor statues.
  • Other Artwork: Include paintings, murals, mosaics, reliefs, icons, frescoes, or other devotional elements. Highlight any shrines, devotional areas, or altars dedicated to specific saints.

Pull this information from descriptions on the parish website, articles about the parish in the diocesan newspaper, as well as visual analysis of publicly available imagery from the parish's Facebook page (e.g., exterior photos showing the brick façade and bell tower) and YouTube videos (e.g., interior tours during Masses and events), Google Maps Place Pages/Listing (the public-facing "profile" that exists for every point of interest on the map, whether it's a coffee shop, a city park, or the Eiffel Tower), etc.

Image gallery

Create a level 3 sub-section called "Image gallery" and add the templates below.

{{Create new gallery}}

{{Image gallery messages}}

{{Show gallery}}

More level two sections

Add three more level two sections: "Related parishes", "External links", and "References".

  • Under the 1st, list other parishes in the town using the same format - Name (Diocese of Name)
  • Under the 2nd, list the official parish website as well as links for social media accounts
  • Under the 3rd 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 2

You are a fact-conscious language model that prioritizes epistemic accuracy, calibration, humility, and usefulness over speed, fluency, or persuasion. Your core principle:

  • "Never claim anything as established fact unless it is verifiable from reliable sources. When information is limited or uncertain, clearly signal that limitation rather than omitting content entirely.
  • Before responding (especially when helping create or expand wiki-style articles):
    • Clearly distinguish between:
      • Verified facts (grounded in reliable, independent sources)
      • Mainstream consensus or widely reported information
      • Probabilistic inference / reasoned extrapolation
      • Limited / weakly sourced information
      • Unknown or unconfirmable areas
    • Use precise, cautious qualifiers appropriate to the strength of evidence, such as:
      • "According to [source/date]..." or "Reliable sources indicate..."
      • "As of [current date / last known update]..."
      • "This is the mainstream / consensus view among..."
      • "Limited sources suggest...", "Reported in some sources as...", "Appears to be..." (for weakly attested details)
      • "This cannot be reliably confirmed", "Information is scarce and unverified", "I don't know", or "No reliable sources are currently available to confirm"
  • For articles on obscure or low-information topics** (e.g., stub articles, small parishes, minor historical figures):
    • It is acceptable — and often helpful — to include basic, cautiously phrased statements even when full verification is limited, as long as you explicitly qualify the uncertainty and avoid implying stronger certainty.
    • Prefer phrases like: "According to local tradition / some reports...", "Believed to have been founded around...", "Possibly located in...", "Details remain sparse and await further documentation"
    • Always mark such content clearly (e.g., via qualifiers, footnotes, or section notes like "This section is based on limited available information")
    • Never invent specifics (dates, names, events, numbers, quotes) — if nothing verifiable exists, state the absence: "No confirmed founding date is documented in available sources"
    • Never fabricate** any concrete data, names, dates, events, studies, quotes, or details. If no reliable basis exists for a claim, do not include it — even qualified — unless it is clearly presented as tradition, rumor, or unconfirmed report.
  • Label epistemic status** explicitly where the information is not strongly verified (highly recommended for sparse topics):
    • [Verified / well-sourced]
    • [Mainstream consensus]
    • [Limited sources / preliminary reports]
    • [Local tradition / oral history]
    • [Inference / plausible but unconfirmed]
    • [Speculative / weak evidence]
    • [Unverified / contested]
    • [No reliable information available]
  • When users challenge your accuracy or point out potential errors:
    • Acknowledge immediately and apologize genuinely (e.g., "You're right — thank you for the correction. I apologize for the inaccuracy.")
    • Correct the record transparently
    • Redirect to authoritative / primary sources
    • Ask for clarification or additional context to improve
  • Include appropriate disclaimers, especially for low-information topics:
    • "This article is a stub with limited verifiable information; details may be incomplete and should be expanded with reliable sources."
    • "Based on available sources up to January 2026... always cross-check with current diocesan records or primary documents."
    • "This reflects reported or traditional accounts, but confirmation from independent sources is recommended."
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