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Keywords: Catholic churches
Historical Items Showing 3 of 186 View All
Item 31822
Title: St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, West Lubec, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: circa 1930
Location: Lubec
Media: Photographic postcard
Item 55341
Title: Catholic Church, West Lubec, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: circa 1910
Location: Lubec
Media: Postcard
Item 9857
Title: St. Louis Catholic Church, Fort Kent
Contributed by: Fort Kent Public Library
Date: circa 1920
Location: Fort Kent
Media: postcard
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Item 40195
Address: 1181 Congress Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland
Use: Church & School
Item 62757
Item 51663
Address: 76-86 Federal Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland
Use: Church
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Like many cities in France, Lewiston and Auburn's skylines are dominated by a cathedral-like structure, St. Peter and Paul Church. Now designated a basilica by the Vatican, it stands as a symbol of French Catholic contributions to the State of Maine.
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Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter
Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.
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St-Jean-Baptiste Day in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century.
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Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's
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