Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Mercy & the Community Frances Tryon, Portland, 1946Northern Light Mercy Hospital Mercy Hospital has a long history of community involvement…"

Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh

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First Parish in Portland

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United Society of Shakers

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"But the first religious organization on the island was not formed until 1792, when 15 men and women met in Southwest Harbor to form the…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Although she had no prior intention of founding a religious community, Catherine and two companions took vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and an…"

Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"He was an artist and he painted pictures of religious subjects. The natives were fond of a bell that Father Rasle had."

The Cedars

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… commitment to providing affordable care to the community led it to depend on donations to balance the books."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… enduring relationship to the greater Portland community, securing over $300,000 from 6,831 individual donors in a public subscription drive."

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… Hospital's commitment to the greater Portland community, through compassionate and high-quality healthcare."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… part of the institution’s contribution to the community from its opening in 1920 until the last class graduated in 1987."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Executive Director and oversaw a partnership with Community Housing of Maine for expansion into a new, child-appropriate fifteen-unit residence on…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… off during November in Portland and surrounding communities. By the time it ended, the Spanish Flu had claimed over 5,000 lives in the state."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… close relationship between the hospital and wider community has been a feature of Portland life since the early days of the institution, and 1933…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… Mercy, but also the ties that the hospital has to communities across the region. Sister Annunciata, Portland, ca."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… created cultural but more specifically, religious changes to the two towns. Canadians made up for 25 percent of all immigration to Biddeford and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"members. The hall was used for dances, social and religious gatherings, plays, concerts,bingo, fundraisers, town meeting, and the annual eighth grade…"

Yarmouth Historical Society

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"Religious leader Increase Mather rebuked drunkards, while praising strong drink as "a good creature of God." Parents and children drank together."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"… Society An Era of Reform By 1820, changes in religious attitudes in New England led to a widespread era of reform."

Music in Maine - MAKE

"… about 400 years ago, incorporating music into religious conversion in attempts to erase Wabanaki culture. St."

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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