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I'm curious, I've never heard of that happening so I assume no. But just for the hay of it I kind of want to write His Holiness and ask if he'd designate my parish a basilica. Assuming it wouldn't be impertinent to do so or completely misunderstanding procedure.
My diocese doesn't have a basilica, and I'm hugely biased, but I think my parish is pretty special. The community's been around since the late 19th century and the church itself was built in 1908. Nothing extraordinary in historical terms but I think it stands out in all sorts of ways, it seems to defy the norm of a novus ordo parish that's dying. As long as I've been there it's been thriving and growing, we regularly confirm about 30 converts a year, which is not bad for a region of the state that's very protestant. I dunno, I just think every aspect of the parish is doing so well and it deserves that kind of status.
I used to think basilica status was only given to cathedral-sized churches but after Pope Francis designated Mission San Buenaventura a basilica I thought maybe that wasn't the case. Though that might've just been for the historical significance more than anything else.
My diocese doesn't have a basilica, and I'm hugely biased, but I think my parish is pretty special. The community's been around since the late 19th century and the church itself was built in 1908. Nothing extraordinary in historical terms but I think it stands out in all sorts of ways, it seems to defy the norm of a novus ordo parish that's dying. As long as I've been there it's been thriving and growing, we regularly confirm about 30 converts a year, which is not bad for a region of the state that's very protestant. I dunno, I just think every aspect of the parish is doing so well and it deserves that kind of status.
I used to think basilica status was only given to cathedral-sized churches but after Pope Francis designated Mission San Buenaventura a basilica I thought maybe that wasn't the case. Though that might've just been for the historical significance more than anything else.
