Keywords: Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland (Me.)
Item 104020
Capping ceremony at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, Portland, ca. 1980
Contributed by: Northern Light Mercy Hospital Date: circa 1980 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 149790
Christian Life Center, Frenchville, ca. 2000
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 2000 Location: Frenchville Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.