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 10197
Ste-Luce Church, Upper Frenchville, ca. 1850
Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Frenchville Media: Photographic print
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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.
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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.