This year, the donations totaled 334 pairs of sneakers, 1,506 pairs of socks, and monetary donations of $2,567 for local children in need.
In commemoration of All Souls' Day, Bishop Robert Deeley celebrated a Mass of Remembrance at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.
Pictures from All Saints' Day celebrations at Maine Catholic schools.
Karen Iuzzolino-Paquin, a middle school science teacher at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick, has been selected as one of five teachers across the nation to participate in the Teachers in Space (TIS) Human Flight Program.
November 30, 2022
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Bishop Deeley will celebrate Mass and participate in a luncheon at St. André Health Care on 407 Pool Street in Biddeford.
November 22, 2022
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Bishop Robert Deeley will celebrate Grandparents' Day Mass at Saint Dominic Academy at 11 a.m.
November 21, 2022
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Bishop Robert Deeley will visit the students and staff at St. Michael School in Augusta.
November 19, 2022
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Bishop Robert Deeley will celebrate the Rite of Candidacy to the permanent diaconate for eleven men on Saturday, November 19, at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church on 130 Route 133 in Winthrop. All are welcome to gather at the Mass.
“The words of our mission statement are ‘Loving God and Neighbor Without Distinction,’” said Sister Judy Donovan, CSJ. “We generally point to those words on the wall and briefly explain them whenever someone new arrives.”
Many Maine parishes are planning special Masses, services, and commemorations for All Souls’ Day (Wednesday, November 2) as Catholics pray for the souls of those who have died and are still in purgatory, being prepared for eternal life in heaven. All Souls’ Day is not a holy day of obligation.
