Keywords: Sisters of Charity
Item 67544
Santa Claus at the Healey Asylum, Lewiston, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1950 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 67730
Felicia Garant in nun's habit, Lewiston, 1964
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 1964-10-31 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
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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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From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy
"Establishing the Sisters of Mercy Sister Claire and Sister M. Marcia, Little Diamond Island, 1950Northern Light Mercy Hospital By 1830, church…"
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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