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Item 82174
St. Mary's Catholic Church and School, Westbrook, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Westbrook Media: Postcard
Item 79415
St. John Catholic Church, Rumford, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Rumford Media: Postcard
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
Father Rasles, the Indians and the English
Father Sebastien Rasle, a French Jesuit, ran a mission for Indians at Norridgewock and, many English settlers believed, encouraged Indian resistance to English settlement. He was killed in a raid on the mission in 1724 that resulted in the remaining Indians fleeing for Canada.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church
"The Native Americans were the first recorded people to have the religious faith of Catholicism in this area."
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John Bapst Memorial High School
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Story
Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker
Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s
