Keywords: Roman Catholics
Item 9916
St. Ignatius, Martyr, Church, Sanford, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print
Item 6828
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Houlton, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Houlton Media: Photoprint
Item 85287
Owner in 1924: Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland Use: Orphan Asylum
Item 85289
Owner in 1924: Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland Use: Sister's Home
Item 109748
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
Item 109370
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
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.
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
