Keywords: Roman Catholic Church
Item 149055
Saint Agatha Catholic Church, ca. 1941
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1941 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Photographic postcard
Item 148662
St. David Catholic Church, Madawaska, ca. 1948
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1948 Location: Madawaska Media: Photographic postcard
Item 89236
Assessor's Record, Catholic Church property, S. Side Central Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Catholic Church Use: Church
Item 40195
Assessor's Record, 1181 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland Use: Church & School
Item 150684
Roman Catholic Church for Rev. Father Bradley, Lisbon, 1899-1922
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1899–1922
Location: Lisbon; Lisbon
Client: Roman Catholic Church of Lisbon
Architect: Harry S. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects
This record contains 2 images.
Item 150307
Sketch for Proposed Roman Catholic Church and Parsonage at Dover, NH, 1881
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1881 Location: Dover Client: unknown Architect: Fassett & Stevens Architects
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
"The animosity resulted in the founding of Saint Joseph’s Church in 1870 for French-Canadian Roman Catholics."
Story
Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker
Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s
