Keywords: Parishioners
Item 79318
Dixfield Common Baptist Church and citizens, Dixfield, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print
Item 18380
Restoration of Sts. Peter and Paul, Lewiston, 2004
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 2004 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
"Parishioners carried this fold-up melodeon to West Cumberland Methodist Church each Sunday where Evelina D."
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby
"He was with the parishioners through difficult times when there were insufficient funds to properly support a minister, making it necessary to…"
Story
Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins
Franco-Americans in Maine