Transfiguration Mission is now an official parish

BLYTHEWOOD – In conjunction with a request from members of Transfiguration Mission and Notre Dame Sister Clare Reinert, parish life facilitator, parish boundaries have been defined and Transfiguration has officially been established as a parish.

Bishop Robert J. Baker approved the measure and signed the appropriate documents on March 15.

Transfiguration will be officially proclaimed a parish of the diocese on June 1. The mother church, St. John Neumann, will present the parish of Transfiguration Catholic Community with a dowry of $50,000.

A decree dismembering the territorial parish of St. John Neumann and erecting the territorial parish of Transfiguration states that counsel was sought from Father Frederick F. Masad and the diocesan Presbyteral Council according to the norms of canon 515, 2 before the bishop approved the change.

The territory that St. John Neumann shall retain begins at the junction of the center of Interstate 77 and Farrow Road (state Highway Primary 555) and proceeds south along the center of I-77 to the intersection of SHP 277; proceeds southwest along the center of SHP 277 to the intersection of Parklane Road (state Highway Secondary 1036); proceeds south along the center of Parkland Road (SHS 1036) to the junction of Parkland Road, U.S. Highway 1, and Decker Boulevard; proceeds south along the center of Decker Boulevard (SHS 151) to the intersection of Percival Road (SHP 12); proceeds northeast along the center of Percival Road (SHP 12) to the intersection of the Richland-Kershaw County Line; proceeds northwest along the center of the Richland-Kershaw County Line to the intersection of Gibbes Road (SHS 2491); proceeds west along the center of Gibbes Road to the intersection of Kelly Mill Road (SHS 955); proceeds south along the center of Kelly Mill Road to the intersection of Bombing Range Road; proceeds westerly along the center of Bombing Range Road to the intersection of Hard Scrabble Road (SHS 83); proceeds south along the center of Hard Scrabble Road to the intersection of Lee Road (SHS 1050); proceeds northwest along the center of Lee Road to the intersection of Longtown Road (SHS 1051); proceeds southwest along the center of Longtown Road to the intersection of Killian Road (SHS 52); proceeds west along the center of Killian Road to the intersection of I-77; proceeds south along the center of I-77 to the junction of I-77 and Farrow Road (SHP 555); and ends there.

The territory belonging to the Parish of Transfiguration shall begin at the junction of Interstate 77 and Farrow Road (state Highway Primary 555) and proceed south along the center of Farrow Road to the intersection of Interstate 20; proceed west along the center of I-20 to the intersection of Broad River; proceed up (northwest) the center of the Broad River to the intersection of the Richland-Fairland County Line (Little River); proceed north and then easterly along the center of the Richland-Fairfield County Line to the intersection of I-77; proceed north along the center of I-77 to the center of SHP 34; proceed east along the center of SHP 34 to the intersection of the western boundary line to the town of Ridgeway; proceed north and east along the center of the boundary line of Ridgeway to the re-intersection of SHP 34; proceed east along the center of SHP 34 to the intersection of the Fairfield-Kershaw County Lines; proceed south along the center of the Richland-Kershaw County Lines to the junction of the Fairfield-Richland-Kershaw County Lines; proceed south along center of the Richland-Kershaw County Line to the intersection of Gibbes Road (state Highway Secondary 2491); proceed west along the center of Gibbes Road to the intersection of Kelly Mill Road (SHS 955); proceed south along the center of Kelly Mill Road to the intersection of Bombing Range Road; proceed westerly along the center of Bombing Range Road to the intersection of Hard Scrabble Road (SHS 83); proceed south along the center of Hard Scrabble Road to the intersection of Lee Road (SHS 1050); proceed northwest along the center of Lee Road to the intersection of Longtown Road (SHS 1051); proceed southwest along the center of Longtown Road to the intersection of Killian Road (SHS 52); proceed west along the center of Killian Road to the intersection of I-77; proceed south along the center of I-77 to the junction of I-77 and Farrow Road (SHP 555); and end there.