LEWISTON — Organist Harold Stover will perform at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 18 at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. His program will feature works across the centuries from Boyvin, Mozart, Widor and Langlais. Stover, a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, has performed at such venues as Westminster Abbey in London, […]
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VoXX: Voice of Twenty summer finale concert at Basilica
LEWISTON — The a cappella vocal ensemble VoXX: Voice of Twenty will perform the final concert of their summer series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 13, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The series, “Music of the Spirit,” takes audiences on a journey through time and space with a repertoire spanning the centuries. […]
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Organist to play 'Salve Regina' at Basilica's first noontime concert
LEWISTON — Organist Randall Mullin will perform Olivier Latry’s 2007 composition “Salve Regina” at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The production will include Leon Griesbach singing Gregorian chant intonations. Mullin, familiar to Basilica concert-goers, is a native of Georgia. He currently resides in Southern Maine and tours […]
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Basilica in need of repairs
Recently my son, JeanCarl, and I returned to Lewiston to make presentations on the SS. Peter and Paul Basilica. We thank those who attended and also the time and love provided by numerous wonderful folks. You are great people! Unfortunately, we discovered, and photographed, inexcusable damage that is slowly destroying your Central Maine gem. Evident […]
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Maine native Britt returns for Lewiston chorale performance Sunday
LEWISTON — A summer tour is bringing Lewiston native Colin Britt home as the director of the West Village Chorale of New York City. A New Jersey resident, Britt wears a lot of hats as the artistic director and conductor of the chorale, the choir director at Rutgers Preparatory School in Franklin Township, New Jersey, […]
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Basilica researcher Julie-Anne Baumer to address Lisbon Historical Society
LISBON FALLS — “Lisbon’s Catholics – Every Church A Basilica” is Lisbon Historical Society’s topic for their June meeting. Julie-Ann Baumer will discuss her research on the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Wednesday, June 13, at the Lisbon Historical Society, 18 School St. Her talk will include an historical overview of the basilica’s […]
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'Father Rocky' to speak at the Basilica this month
LEWISTON — The Rev. Francis Hoffman, known affectionately as “Father Rocky” to his listeners, will speak at a gathering from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at the Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, 122 Ash St. All are welcome to attend the event, which is sponsored by the Presence Radio Network, Maine’s only Catholic radio […]
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Basilica book author speaks in Lewiston
Julie-Ann Baumer, right, a freelance journalist and author of a book about the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston, talks Wednesday to Ruth Linehan of Lewiston after a forum titled, “The Unique Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.” The forum was sponsored by the Franco-American Collection at USM’s Lewiston-Auburn College. Linehan said she was married in […]
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Drone video: View from above the Basilica in Lewiston
Main Street in Lewiston and beyond are seen from above the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Lewiston on Sunday morning. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)
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The future of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
The procession during last week’s Red Mass at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is a blur in this time exposure. The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul serves in the heart of the city. If you had visited the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in the early 1990s, you would have been […]