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When Father Frank Murray retired from active priestly ministry in August 2020, one of the well-wishing signs in a send-off parade read “From vocation…
Imagine enjoying your job so much that you’ve continued to do it for nearly 50 years. That is the case with Estelle Beauchesne, a teacher at St.…
In 1973, responding to a call from the Second Vatican Council, the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, also known as the Good Shepherd Sisters…
For two decades, a trio of dedicated volunteers in East Millinocket and Millinocket has been providing comfort and guidance to those who have lost a…
Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland has completed a consolidation project more than 13 years in the making. On January 4, Mercy moved its…
Please visit: www.CatholicFoundationMaine.org
The Catholic Foundation of Maine provides opportunities for people to charitably invest in…
National Vocation Awareness Week (November 7-13) reminds us that the encouragement and formation of vocations in the Church is a responsibility of…
FALMOUTH---An unplanned pregnancy support group is offering women from a variety of backgrounds with the opportunity to hear and learn from people…
"If you build it, they will come.”
If there is a motto to Bill Wood’s ministry with Catholic Charities Maine (CCM), that just might be it.
“A lot…
Challenging but enjoyable – that is how Father Kevin Upham describes his service as a hospital chaplain at Maine Medical Center (MMC) in Portland…
When Blanca Lytle pulls up outside the Oxford Street Shelter in Portland, it doesn’t take long for a small crowd to gather around her.
“We’ve got…
PORTLAND---“We come to these confessionals as sinners, and we leave forgiven and restored to grace because of the ministry of…
Just as St. James School in Biddeford sent love to the innocent of Ukraine, Holy Cross School in South Portland has similarly decorated its doors and…
BANGOR---All Saints Catholic School students purposefully stood outside Masses in the churches of St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Bangor last weekend…
They are originally from Michigan, Tennessee, and Wisconsin, but now, three Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist call Maine home. In July, the sisters…
“Words alone can’t express the importance of this experience for me.”
PORTLAND---Feelings of hurt, emptiness, and regret often…
Telling Anew the Story of Jesus
A Pastoral Letter of the
Most Rev. Richard J. Malone, Th.D., S.T.L., Bishop of Portland
to the clergy, religious,…
PORTLAND---An independent audit of safe environment procedures has found the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, which includes all 141 churches in…
PORTLAND---St. Brigid School in Portland has received accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC…
PORTLAND---“Thank you, Heavenly Father, for opening my eyes.”
Allan Birtwell’s comment was one of relief and gratitude, and echoed…
Diocesan Pastoral Council
The Diocesan Pastoral Council investigates under the authority of the bishop all those things which pertain to pastoral…
The sacrament of reconciliation
One of the core messages of the New Testament is that in Christ, God offers forgiveness and reconciliation to the…
WELLS---The Wells Beach Hose Company, a volunteer fire company incorporated in 1922, has donated $10,000 to the St. Mary’s…
With the season of Lent only hours away, many of us cannot help but think, here we go again. Forty days without coffee or chocolate. Forty days of no…
