The announcement includes nine priest assignments, four retirements from active ministry and one departure in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.

Prayers were answered for the staff at the St. John the Baptist Food Bank as they celebrated a ribbon cutting and blessing of its new location in Winslow.

The newly ordained bishop celebrated Baccalaureate Mass and offered prayers during Commencement

St. Dominic Academy announces this week that it has successfully reached its Dion Impact Scholarship Match campaign goal of $100,000.

Bishop James Ruggieri celebrated Mass on the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, his first Mass since being ordained and installed as the Bishop of Portland

During a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap., in the presence of Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, Bishop James Ruggieri is ordained and installed as bishop of the Diocese of Portland.

Bishops, priests, deacons, religious, and family and friends gathered at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Scarborough to pray for and with Bishop-elect Ruggieri.

Nearly 1,000 will be in attendance at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception