Pope Francis emphasizes the importance of the parish:
“I encourage you to continue to be a people of missionary disciples who live and bear witness to the joy of knowing that the Lord loves us with infinite love, and who together with Him deeply love the story we are part of,” Pope Francis said. 

Today too you are called to follow your particular vocation, putting yourselves at the service of the dioceses, around the bishop, always—and in the parishes, always—where the Church abides among the people, always …
I invite you to continue your apostolic experience rooted in the parish, which “is not an outdated institution,” do you understand? The parish is not an outdated institution, because it is “the presence of the Church in a given territory, an environment for hearing God’s word, for growth in the Christian life, for dialogue, proclamation, charitable outreach, worship and celebration” (Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium, 28).