In an effort to do all they can to help Maine individuals and families receive the food they need, parishes across the state offer community meals, soup kitchens, and food pantries for tens of thousands of people of all faiths to utilize.

For three consecutive days in late June, nearly 40 children from the Calais area gathered for the St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish “Stellar” Vacation Bible School at Immaculate Conception Church in Calais. A special experience incorporating music, art, science, drama, and more as the children grew closer to Jesus.

Bishop Robert Deeley marked 50 years of the priesthood with a Mass celebrated with family, friends, and coworkers in the chapel of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.

On behalf of Pope Francis, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin sent condolences to Bishop Robert Deeley and the Church in Maine upon learning of the death of Bishop Joseph Gerry, OSB

A Mass of Christian Burial is celebrated for Bishop Joseph Gerry, OSB, in the church of Saint Anselm Abbey in Goffstown, N.H. Bishop Joseph died July 2 at the age of 94.

A public Mass, celebrated by Bishop Nkuo and concelebrated by the priests from Cameroon, will be held at St. Joseph Church on 231 Main Street in Ellsworth on Thursday, July 27, at 9 a.m.

Madigan, who has served as principal of Waterboro Elementary School in North Waterboro since 2019, succeeds Ericka Sanborn who was interim principal at St. Thomas.

It is impossible to quantify the effect the Catholic Appeal has had on the lives of thousands and thousands of Maine people, Catholic and non-Catholic, through the years.