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“What color do you want?”
“I want red.”
Sam Cetrano of Sanford helps a preschooler choose just the right colors for his painted handprint turkey, a…
Mass begins with the Sign of the Cross and the greeting by the celebrant, “The Lord be with you.” Sometimes, the celebrant may then offer a few words…
Over the last several issues of Harvest, I have offered readers an overview of some of the important questions related to our celebration of Mass.…
St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of animals and ecology. St. John Paul II in 1979 added “patron of ecology” to Francis’ patronage as he held…
Q: Dear Father Joe: If Lucifer was an angel in heaven, how was he able to sin?
A. Practice. No, seriously, we have free will. When we see God face…
Where I minister, we often hear a lot about flights being canceled. So, there is a story of a young woman who asked her brother to accompany her to…
Blessings on you as we begin a new year! As you read this, we will have left behind a year that had its share of difficulty. Certainly, the terrible…
Dear Father Joe: One of my dear friends died. She was a daily communicant and a faithful member of her church. I was so shocked and sad that she didn…
Allow me to make a brief and embarrassing confession. With the permission of the bishop, there is a chapel in the rectory where the Blessed Sacrament…
November 30 was a day of rejoicing for parishioners who attend St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Madawaska. For the first time since the church was…
Members of three Lewiston-Auburn church communities held centennial celebrations this October, sharing memories of the past and looking to the future…
Bishop Deeley will visit the St. Mary's campus at 768 Ohio Street from 10-11:30 a.m. and the St. John's campus at 166 State Street from 11:45 a.m.-2…
“This is the dedication of the church with the bishop here.”
Christine Cummings looks over a collection of photos capturing the first days of St.…
Bishop Deeley will celebrate Mass for Catholic Charities Maine Matthew 25 Award.
Bishop Deeley will visit St. John's Catholic School during Catholic Schools Week.
Bishop Deeley will visit St. Brigid School during Catholic Schools Week.
Bishop Robert Deeley will ordain seminarian Matthew Valles to the transitional diaconate on Sunday, January 7, at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of the…
Bishop Robert Deeley continued the Church’s celebration of Christmas with a Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland held on…
Matthew Valles said it’s hard to find the right words to describe what it was like to be ordained a deacon of the Catholic Church.
“I’m so happy, so…
Men from across the Diocese of Portland are invited to attend the Maine Catholic Men's conference, which will be held March 15, 2025, at the St. John…
Sister Pauline Leblanc, p.m.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Pauline Leblanc, a member of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary…
St. James School in Biddeford will hold an open house for prospective families on Tuesday, March 4.
As part of the kick-off for Catholic Schools Week, Holy Cross School in South Portland will host an Open House on Sunday, January 28, 2024, from 11 a…
“9 Days for Life,” a novena for the intention that all human life be respected, will begin on January 16 and continue through January 24,…
