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Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s 266th pope, has died at the age of 88. The announcement was made at 9:45 a.m. (3:45 a.m. in Maine) on Easter…
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All Saints Parish, Brunswick
A memorial Mass for Pope Francis will be…
Bishop James Ruggieri will celebrate a Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis on Wednesday, April 23, at 6 p.m. at the Cathedral of the…
A Mass to pray for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis will be celebrated on Saturday, April 26, at 9 a.m. at St. John Church, 207 York Street in…
A Mass in celebration of the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be celebrated in Spanish on December 12 at 6 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, 231 Main…
A Mass to pray for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis will be celebrated on Monday, April 28, at 6 p.m. at St. Louis Church, in Fort Kent.
A Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis will be offered on Thursday, April 24, at 6 p.m. at Holy Martyrs of North America Church, 266…
Application to the seminary is a multi-faceted process that helps the diocese, the seminary, and the applicant know if he is ready to begin studying…
In his encyclical Laudato Sí, Pope Francis made an urgent appeal for people around the world to come together to care for our common home.
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For the past four years, Catholic Charities Maine’s Opioid Health Home (OHH), based in Portland, has been helping men and women break free from the…
“Peanut butter, sauce, macaroni, flour, and sugar go on the bottom. We’ve got more sauce here. All the vegetables are down there.”
Donna Lathrop,…
“The Catholic faith is beautiful. I don’t even know how to say it. Every time I go to Mass, it’s just beautiful.”
Josh Morris of Wiscasset says that…
When All Saints Catholic School students and teachers return in the fall, a familiar face won’t be there to greet them. After 46 years working in the…
Annual diocesan appeals are not something new.
While serving as a pastor, I was offered the opportunity to lend my support to the diocesan appeal…
Now we come to the center point of the celebration of Mass, the Eucharistic Prayer. Of all the actions taking place during Mass, this is the reason…
On May 31, Bishop James T. Ruggieri will ordain three priests for service in the Diocese of Portland. The priesthood is a gift to the entire Church.…
Dear Father Mike:
I have been trying to pray more regularly, but I keep getting so distracted. It is really frustrating. What am I doing wrong…
The route to the statehouse in Augusta is one with which Suzanne Lafreniere is well familiar. As the Diocese of Portland’s director of the Office of…
The dynamic duo of Catholic Charities Maine’s Education Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Children (ESBVIC). That is how coworkers describe…
“Total shock.”
Ann Slonina, a kindergarten teacher at Saint Dominic Academy in Lewiston, says that was her reaction when she heard Bishop James…
“It feels like coming home to a place that you’ve never been before.”
That is how Helen Walter, a junior at the University of Maine in Orono,…
It’s becoming a familiar sight on the streets of Lewiston. Five days a week, around 11 a.m., the Prince of Peace Parish food truck rolls out of the…
Father Patrick Finn will celebrate a Mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis on Tuesday, April 29, at noon in Healy Chapel at the St. Joseph'…
A memorial Mass for Pope Francis will be celebrated by Bishop James Ruggieri on Wednesday, April 30, at the Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul in…
Bishop James Ruggieri will celebrate the sacraments of confirmation and first Eucharist for children at Holy Family Church in Greenville.
