ST. LOUIS 鈥 Three merged Catholic parishes in north 狐狸视频 have chosen their new name: St. Josephine Bakhita.
狐狸视频 Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski announced the new name Wednesday for the former parishes Most Holy Trinity, St. Nicholas and Sts. Teresa and Bridget, according to the 狐狸视频 Review.
Parishioners chose Bakhita over 42 other proposed namesakes. St. Josephine Bakhita was born in 1869 in Sudan and later sold into slavery and taken to Italy, where she was introduced to Catholicism. Bakhita joined the Canossian Daughters of Charity in Italy and died in 1947. She was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000 and is the patron saint of victims of human trafficking.
The merger was part of the 鈥淎ll Things New鈥 downsizing plan from the Archdiocese of 狐狸视频 that cut the number of parishes from 178 to 135.
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Sunday Mass will still be celebrated at all three of the churches for the immediate future, according to the pastor, the Rev. Mitchell Doyen.