This weekend, a new parish will be born in the Fall River diocese featuring the same places, familiar faces, and a new name. According to the digital edition of the Fall River Herald News, on October 1, three churches of St. Thomas More and St. Patrick's in Somerset, and St. Louis de France in Swansea will form a new parish community. They will officially merge into Our Lady of Peace, with three separate worship sites. In June, the Reverend David A. Costa, pastor of Our Lady of Peace, laid out his plan to merge the churches, which was approved by Fall River Diocese Bishop Edgar Da Cunha this week. Costa, who oversees all three churches, said the bishop's decree just makes formal what they've been doing for the past three years, which was working together.