RUMFORD — Students at Holy Savior Catholic School will visit several local businesses and town departments to present homemade cookies Tuesday, Jan. 27, as part of Maine Catholic Schools Week. Principal Barbara Pelletier said that many years ago, Holy Savior Catholic School would have students’ parents make cookies, and the students would hand them out […]
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Bishop assigns ‘committed and driven’ priest to reverse declining number of Catholic clergy in Maine
PORTLAND — The Rev. Seamus P. Griesbach isn’t asking for much — just a few good men willing to give up having a family, autonomy and riches in order to dedicate their lives to spreading the Gospel in Maine. It’s a decision he and 63 other active priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland […]
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Diocese to bless, dedicate pipe organ in Lewiston on Saturday
LEWISTON — The pipe organ originally housed in Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Saco will be blessed and dedicated at its new home in the crypt chapel of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul during a Mass in the chapel at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 28. The Mass will be celebrated in French. […]
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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 […]
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Holy Savior Catholic School enrolls more students
RUMFORD — Holy Savior Catholic School begins its 101st year on Aug. 28 with the return of a popular teacher, a new pastor, more students and a published author. Teaching Principal Barbara Pelletier said this week that 64 children from prekindergarten to grade eight have enrolled, and another four have applied. This is up from […]