Puritan clergy wrote many spiritual guides to help their parishioners pursue personal piety and sanctification. Churches were burned with all their parishioners. Ruiz's diocese had a high proportion of indigenous Mayan parishioners. They race to the church, where Bartleby kills Glick, his parishioners, and assorted bystanders. Although Father Phil was mostly seen ministering to female parishioners, he also counseled men. He is loud and arrogant, delivering sermons which intimidate his parishioners more than inspire them. It also held Council meetings for Aldermen and Parishioners alike. He publicly rebuked their actions to the applause of other parishioners. Immediately after the explosion, Reverend Tanimoto ran in search of his family and parishioners. There, it was displayed and venerated by the local parishioners. They also provide insight into the lives and interrelationships of parishioners. Together they would travel to schools and the houses of parishioners. More than 20 other parishioners were injured. In brief tableaux, we see the parishioners and Teresa going about their quotidian lives. Providing dowries for poor women was regarded as a form of charity by wealthier parishioners.