For the first time in 134 years, St. Mary’s Health System in Lewiston will not have a Sister of Charity physically present. Sister Claire Pouliot, SCSH, the sole remaining sister serving there, retired in April 2022.
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Father Simon Assogba, SMA, is now serving at the Parish of the Precious Blood in Caribou.
It's not surprising to find Catholic school teachers and staff with decades or even two decades or more of experience.
Father Amandus Sway, AJ, Father Kevin Upham, and Michael Vaughn talk about their service as hospital chaplains at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
Jeannette Belanger, one of the organists of All Saints Parish in Brunswick, recently celebrated her 90th birthday, but she has no intention of quitting the ministry she has done for 41 years.
The Catholic Charities Maine Food Bank says times are tougher than they've ever been
As an outreach coordinator for Catholic Charities Maine Parish Social Ministry, Bill Wood works to engage parishioners in their baptismal call to serve others.
Blanca Lytle began making and delivering sandwiches and meals to those experiencing homelessness. Now, her efforts have grown into a parish-wide ministry at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Westbrook.
When Father Frank Murray retired from active priestly ministry in August 2020, one of the well-wishing signs in a send-off parade read “From vocation to vacation.”
Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland has completed a consolidation project more than 13 years in the making.
For two decades, a trio of dedicated volunteers in East Millinocket and Millinocket has been providing comfort and guidance to those who have lost a loved one.
In 1973, responding to a call from the Second Vatican Council, the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, also known as the Good Shepherd Sisters of Quebec, approached Bishop Joseph Gerry, OSB, the 10th bishop of Portland, about establishing a mission in Brazil.
Imagine enjoying your job so much that you’ve continued to do it for nearly 50 years. That is the case with Estelle Beauchesne, a teacher at St. James School in Biddeford.
At age 18, Liam Scott is serving as the music minister at Holy Martyrs of North America Church in Falmouth.
Parishioners gathered to recognize the determination of that first Catholic community, to recall the journey of faith that has taken place.
On any given day from mid-September into December, you could find one or two or more members of the St. Patrick History Museum Group outside St. Patrick Church in Newcastle.
With an oversize pair of scissors in hand, AmeriCorps Vista member Shannon Glover cut a ribbon to celebrate the opening of the Old School Food Pantry in Rumford.
When David Hilleary moved to Maine after retiring from a successful career in banking and business, he was looking for a way to get to know his community and to contribute to it.
The grief and sorrow experienced after losing a child due to miscarriage is painfully real and not something that should ever be dismissed.
They are originally from Michigan, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, but now, three Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist call Maine home.
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The grief and sorrow experienced after losing a child due to miscarriage is painfully real and not something that should ever be dismissed.
Brother Irénée Richard, OP, worried that 30 years of work serving those who are homeless might come to an end.
The early morning fog is just starting to lift, but Frank Cuff and Karol Phillips are already hard at work snipping Swiss chard and plucking cherry tomatoes.
The interior of St. Ambrose Church in Richmond looks a bit brighter these days thanks to the initiative of a 17-year-old parishioner, Joseph Valliere.
Six sisters from Lyon, France, arrived in Jackman, Maine, in the middle of the night, not knowing what to expect but committed to the mission that brought them there.
Drawn to God since she was a young girl, Angela McCormick has now dedicated her life to His service and to the service of the Church as a consecrated virgin.
Members of St. Peter the Fisherman Parish have rediscovered the beauty of a gift that was donated to Holy Name of Jesus Church in Machias 87 years ago.
Joseph Angelo, III, seeking to become an Eagle Scout, wanted a project that would make a difference.
Two Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon share stories of their works of service here in the United States.
Walk into one of the rooms of the St. John the Baptist History Museum in Brunswick and you will be surrounded by pieces of the past.
Edward Yock of Hampden describes attending Mass as a necessity for him and his wife.
With work schedules and household tasks, keeping holy the Sabbath day may, for many, seem like an elusive desire, despite best intentions.
Caring, considerate, kind, and patient.
Student nurses from Boston College say a week they spent in northern Maine offering free health services to community members will shape the work they do going forward.
“I know that a lot of people, once they go to college, just kind of lose their faith, and I did not want that to happen to me."
"May God bless this tree and this garden and all those who will venture upon it."
They have been present at Mass since the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the pandemic hit in spring 2020 and schools switched to remote learning, Emma Garrity of Gorham, like many parents, worried about the impact it was having on her daughter Paige.
Milka Alay watched with joy as Father Michael Sevigny, OFM Cap., gently poured holy water on her daughter Sylkia’s head.
Blaine Guido, age 26, says he has always believed there is a reason why things happen.
“You can never learn too much about God.”
Over the past 10 and a half years, Julie Abbott has heard hundreds of people share stories of struggle.
Erin McConnell, an elementary education major at the University of Maine in Orono, carries a full course load, while also working 30 hours a week.
Opening doors to Christ on a college campus
The Diocese of Portland is pleased to welcome a third priest from the Diocese of Kumbo in Cameroon.
Father, protector, worker, patron – they all describe St. Joseph, a quiet man who put his trust in God and played a key role in salvation history.
You’re helping people first and foremost by caring for the family and trying to compassionately guide them.
“It’s like being on a long, bad retreat.” That is how Father Louis Phillips, sums up this past pandemic year.
The importance of music to liturgy should not be underestimated. The Catechism of the Catholic Church emphasizes ‘The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art,’ quoting Pope Paul VI’s Sacrosanctum Concilium.
November 28, 2020, was a historic day for the Catholic Church in America. On that day, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., was created a cardinal by Pope Francis making him the first African American bishop to attain that rank.
