The Bishop Deeley will come celebrate with the parish for its 125th anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 24.
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Bishop Deeley skis with students at Rumford's Black Mountain
Bishop Robert Deeley, right, chats with John McElrath and his son, Connor, 8, just before getting off the lift at Black Mountain in Rumford on Friday. Deeley celebrated the last day of Catholic Schools Week by skiing with 50 students from Holy Savior, a Catholic school in Rumford. McElrath, of Poland, is the National Ski […]
Bishop tours, blesses women's shelter in Lewiston
“House mom” Misty Baker shows Bishop Robert P. Deeley one of the four bedrooms at the new Saint Catherine of Siena Residence in Lewiston on Friday. The women’s homeless shelter at the corner of Sabattus Street and Central Avenue will allow the already established St. Martin de Porres Residence on Bartlett Street to focus on […]
Funeral notices for Wednesday, Nov. 8
BISHOP — Linwood J. Jr., 72, a resident of Buckfield, died in Auburn on Friday, Nov. 3. Committal prayers followed by military honors will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Maine Veterans Cemetery Chapel, Mt. Vernon Road, Augusta. Arrangements by Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home of Lewiston. BOUCHARD — Henry […]
Bishop celebrates Red Mass in Lewiston
Maine Bishop Robert P. Deeley, in red at right, was the principal celebrant during Friday morning’s Red Mass at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Judges, lawyers, canonists, government officials and people of all faiths were invited to attend the annual Mass. The bishop asked for God’s blessing upon those who serve […]
RSU 73 board increases substitutes’ pay
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 directors overwhelmingly approved pay increases for substitutes Thursday night. Superintendent Kenneth Healey said the raises are needed to better ensure qualified people will be available. He said the current rates are on the low end of the averages paid by surrounding districts. The increases for substitute teachers are: […]
First openly gay Episcopal bishop divorces husband
CONCORD, N.H. — The first openly gay bishop in the Anglican church has announced he is divorcing his husband. Retired Bishop Gene Robinson announced that he is divorcing Mark Andrew in an email to the Diocese of New Hampshire Saturday and an article for The Daily Beast. The coupled entered into a civil union in […]
Robert Deeley installed as Maine’s 12th bishop, says Diocese must recruit more priests
PORTLAND — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland welcomed its 12th bishop Friday afternoon in a time-honored ceremony complete with religious pomp and circumstance. The Installation Mass for new Bishop Robert Peter Deeley, 67, which took place at the ornate Cathedral for the Immaculate Conception, settled not only on Valentine’s Day but also in a […]
Maine bishop to be installed Friday
PORTLAND (AP) — More than 30 bishops and archbishops from across the country are scheduled to be in Maine as the new leader of the state’s 193,000 Roman Catholics is installed. Cardinal Sean O’Malley, archbishop of Boston, is presiding over Friday’s installation of the Most Rev. Robert Deeley as bishop of the Diocese of Portland. […]