On any given day from mid-September into December, you could find one or two or more members of the St. Patrick History Museum Group outside St. Patrick Church in Newcastle.
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With an oversize pair of scissors in hand, AmeriCorps Vista member Shannon Glover cut a ribbon to celebrate the opening of the Old School Food Pantry in Rumford.
When David Hilleary moved to Maine after retiring from a successful career in banking and business, he was looking for a way to get to know his community and to contribute to it.
The grief and sorrow experienced after losing a child due to miscarriage is painfully real and not something that should ever be dismissed.
They are originally from Michigan, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, but now, three Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist call Maine home.
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The grief and sorrow experienced after losing a child due to miscarriage is painfully real and not something that should ever be dismissed.
Brother Irénée Richard, OP, worried that 30 years of work serving those who are homeless might come to an end.
The early morning fog is just starting to lift, but Frank Cuff and Karol Phillips are already hard at work snipping Swiss chard and plucking cherry tomatoes.
The interior of St. Ambrose Church in Richmond looks a bit brighter these days thanks to the initiative of a 17-year-old parishioner, Joseph Valliere.
Six sisters from Lyon, France, arrived in Jackman, Maine, in the middle of the night, not knowing what to expect but committed to the mission that brought them there.
Drawn to God since she was a young girl, Angela McCormick has now dedicated her life to His service and to the service of the Church as a consecrated virgin.
Members of St. Peter the Fisherman Parish have rediscovered the beauty of a gift that was donated to Holy Name of Jesus Church in Machias 87 years ago.
Joseph Angelo, III, seeking to become an Eagle Scout, wanted a project that would make a difference.
Two Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon share stories of their works of service here in the United States.
Walk into one of the rooms of the St. John the Baptist History Museum in Brunswick and you will be surrounded by pieces of the past.
Edward Yock of Hampden describes attending Mass as a necessity for him and his wife.
With work schedules and household tasks, keeping holy the Sabbath day may, for many, seem like an elusive desire, despite best intentions.
Caring, considerate, kind, and patient.
Student nurses from Boston College say a week they spent in northern Maine offering free health services to community members will shape the work they do going forward.
“I know that a lot of people, once they go to college, just kind of lose their faith, and I did not want that to happen to me."
"May God bless this tree and this garden and all those who will venture upon it."
They have been present at Mass since the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the pandemic hit in spring 2020 and schools switched to remote learning, Emma Garrity of Gorham, like many parents, worried about the impact it was having on her daughter Paige.
Milka Alay watched with joy as Father Michael Sevigny, OFM Cap., gently poured holy water on her daughter Sylkia’s head.
Blaine Guido, age 26, says he has always believed there is a reason why things happen.
“You can never learn too much about God.”
Over the past 10 and a half years, Julie Abbott has heard hundreds of people share stories of struggle.
Erin McConnell, an elementary education major at the University of Maine in Orono, carries a full course load, while also working 30 hours a week.
Opening doors to Christ on a college campus
The Diocese of Portland is pleased to welcome a third priest from the Diocese of Kumbo in Cameroon.
Father, protector, worker, patron – they all describe St. Joseph, a quiet man who put his trust in God and played a key role in salvation history.
You’re helping people first and foremost by caring for the family and trying to compassionately guide them.
“It’s like being on a long, bad retreat.” That is how Father Louis Phillips, sums up this past pandemic year.
The importance of music to liturgy should not be underestimated. The Catechism of the Catholic Church emphasizes ‘The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of inestimable value, greater even than that of any other art,’ quoting Pope Paul VI’s Sacrosanctum Concilium.
November 28, 2020, was a historic day for the Catholic Church in America. On that day, Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., was created a cardinal by Pope Francis making him the first African American bishop to attain that rank.
For Dancile Nshimirimana, being a member of the Catholic Church has always been like being part of a family.
“The Lord said, ‘Go.’ And I said, ‘Who? Me?’ And He said, ‘Yes, you.”
Father, protector, worker, patron – they all describe St. Joseph, a quiet man who put his trust in God and played a key role in salvation history.
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“Let’s see. There’s Fran, JoAnne, Diane, Turk, and Roy.” Father Philip Clement, administator of St. Peter the Fisherman Parish in Machias, has no problem naming the regulars who attend Mass at St. Timothy Church in Welshpool.
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Cecile Beaulieu has been going to school for 41 years, and that’s not counting her time studying in the classroom.
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Choose life. It’s a message that three men have been working to bring to others for decades.
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“A little metal crucifix as plain as it can be, but only God in heaven knows how dear it is to me.” So begins a poem penned by a soldier more than 75 years ago
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You know that soon you will likely be among those on the front lines of a global health crisis. There are questions and concerns and not a lot of experience from which to draw since the infectious assailant is one no one has confronted before.
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Father Alexander Boucher searches for the right words to describe what it’s like to be serving as a priest of the Diocese of Portland.
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Emily Morris of Yarmouth describes herself as a “rookie Catholic,” one who had to wait a little while to officially join the team.
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At age 19, Peter Cusack’s resume is already stacked with awards and accomplishments.
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“I’m always trying to look and see how God is acting in my life.” Brendan Fedrizzi, an 18-year-old from Waterboro, says he tries to let faith be his guide in all aspects of his life.
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A leader who “strives to defend the faith” and brings others along with her on her journey.
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Lucy Frenette, a senior at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn, proudly points out the variety of crops growing in a new garden that has taken over a corner of the school’s campus.
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One by one, vehicles pull into the parking lot of St. Anne Church in Gorham on a Saturday in June. They line up in neat rows guided by orange cones and cheerful volunteers.
