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Stacks of paperwork surround Deacon Al Burleigh as he sits at his desk at Saint Mary of the Visitation Parish in Houlton.
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A smile spread across Michelle Kessler’s face as she was handed the key to her new home by Father Frank Murray, pastor of Saint Paul the Apostle Parish in Bangor.
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A medal celebrating 15 years of sobriety proudly hangs around Scott McClelland’s neck.
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Imagine putting together a jigsaw puzzle with each piece weighing in at between 10 and 20 pounds.
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A freshman at the University of Maine in Orono, 18-year-old Amber Delaney is settling into college life.
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“I am feeling so happy. It’s very emotional. It’s very, very emotional. It really and truly is. God is so good.” Marcy Brenner, a Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) coordinator at All Saints Parish in Brunswick...
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Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety, who served as the eighth Bishop of Portland before being appointed Archbishop of Newark, died on September 20, 2016.
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“It’s nice to have you here.” It’s a phrase that may not seem out of the ordinary. Yet, it was those words of welcome spoken by a priest...
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During the nearly 50 years that she spent serving the poorest of the poor in India, Mother Teresa was considered by many to be a saint.
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Ask 8-year-old Henry More what stands out the most from the years he attended Saint Elizabeth’s Child Development Center in Portland, and he’ll give you a definitive answer: “John’s shepherd’s pies!”
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Members of Holy Family Parish in Greenville want to ensure a bright future for their community. Unfortunately, it means parting with a beloved piece of their present and past.
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Passing through a holy door is an opportunity available to most of us during this Jubilee Year of Mercy.
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A sea of raincoats, a field of candlelight, the chants of Italian pilgrims, the rhythmic beating of African drummers. Voices raised in spontaneous song.
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Thomas LaJoie says that is what he came to believe at a young age and what now, at age 17, he still knows to be true.
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“I’m feeling pretty good, but it’s funny how much Mom still comes up.” Trish Scott is in a period of transition. Her mother passed away last year after suffering for several years from Alzheimer’s disease.
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Six-year-old Jacob is helping his grandmother Katherine Jones begin planting her garden.
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Gerard Pelletier and Steve Jandreau cheerfully greet people as, one by one, they drive up to the front of Saint Charles Borromeo Church in the northern Maine town of Saint Francis.
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Sister Annette Bouchard, SCIM, warmly greets Saint James School students as they arrive at Saint Joseph’s Convent in Biddeford.
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On most Fridays, you will find 89-year-old Laureat “Larry” Thibeault waiting outside Saint John the Baptist Church in Brunswick, greeting students as they return to class after morning Mass.
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Madeline Guerrette carries an armful of fleece blankets bursting with color.
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Eight-year-old Derek Beck explains the keys that you find on a Brailler and how it works.
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From field hospitals in Vietnam to the floors of Mercy Hospital in Portland, Father Robert Paskey, S.J., has spent a lifetime caring for the sick and comforting the afflicted.
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Inviting Catholics around the diocese to make a pilgrimage and experience God’s mercy, Bishop Robert Deeley opened holy doors at four churches in celebration of the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
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New Year’s Eve 1954 was the beginning of a wonderful life together for Barbara and Eugene Fetteroll. They met on a blind date, married two and a half years later, and have been together ever since.
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“She is very, very independent.” Mary Coyne has always been someone who has known her own mind.
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When 9-1-1 calls come in and fire alarms sound in Biddeford and Saco, police and firefighters aren’t the only ones ready to respond, so is Deacon Kevin Jacques.
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“I can’t imagine anything better or more wonderful than this gift of being called to give myself, every bit of myself, to God.”
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“I was homeless, jobless. I had mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially hit bottom.” Bernie L. remembers a time in his life when he was dependent on alcohol.
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"We cannot resign ourselves to thinking of the Middle East without Christians, who have professed the name of Jesus for 2,000 years.”
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“This is our altar. Our altar is a special table." Sabrina Arel kneels besides a small altar surrounded by a group of four- and five-year-olds.
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Sitting beside the stained-glass window that bears their grandparents’ name, Judith Pistaki Zelisko and her sisters remember with fondness the proud past of Saint Louis Parish in Portland.
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Pure gift. That is how Sister Mariae Agnus Dei, S.V., describes her call to religious life. “It was more than winning the lottery. Everything else pales,” she says.
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It’s not long after dawn on a Saturday morning and the parking lot of Most Holy Trinity Church in Saco is already filling up.
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With words and gestures, in homilies and handshakes and hugs, Pope Francis shared a message of love and hope, respect and responsibility, during his Apostolic Journey to the United States.
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When Lee Myles was first offered a job at St. Mary’s Health System in Lewiston, he remembers being concerned about the five-year commitment he was being asked to make.
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From the processional to the final blessing, Matthew Gregory says every step of his ordination to the transitional diaconate was “awesome.”
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Ashley Pezanowski loves to figure skate, is an avid Disney fan, and is studying to be an electrical engineer
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“Yellow and green make brown.” Six-year-old Kara is a budding artist. “I love painting. I like making stuff,” she says.
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“I have never doubted this is where God was calling me, never doubted.” Beatrice Caron says she is confident that she is following the path that God laid out for her.
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“I’ve never been happier. I have never been happier!” Father Steven Cartwright says it’s hard to put into words what he was experiencing when Bishop Robert Deeley laid hands on him and prayed the prayer of ordination
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When Father William Campbell, S.J., was discerning his vocation to the priesthood as a college student in the late 1980s, he says there was only one path that felt right for him.
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“The only words we’re going to use are: ‘Be still and know that I am God.’” Sister Aline Plante, P.M., leads a contemplative retreat for women at the Marie Joseph Spiritual Center in Biddeford.
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The T-shirts they wear say it all: “Churches united in love.” For 21 years, volunteers from faith communities throughout the Fairfield and Benton area have been coming together to provide food for those who are struggling.
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It’s never too late to realize your dreams. That’s the idea behind the Maine Health Care Association’s Live Your Dream Awards, presented to residents living in long-term care facilities across the state.
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At a friend’s urging, Sister Aurelie Michaud, D.W., responded to God’s call and entered the Daughters of Wisdom upon finishing high school in Saint Agatha.
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“Hi, have you been here before?” When Naomi Reeh spots an unfamiliar face in the Newman Center at the University of Maine at Orono, she doesn’t hesitate to go over and say hello.
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“I bless heaven for the success of this wonderful Catholic school.”– Bishop James Healy, second Bishop of Portland, 1888.
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“What can we do to help each other?” That question posed by one principal to another has led to a budding partnership between the diocese’s two York County Catholic schools.
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Who is considered to be the first martyr of the Church? Which pope started the Second Vatican Council?
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“It’s only been six months, but it’s been incredible.” When Rachel Huber was offered the second-grade teaching position at All Saints Catholic School in Bangor, she didn’t hesitate.
