Keywords: Catholic Schools
Item 69940
Catholic Church, Ogunquit, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Ogunquit Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 35423
John Bapst High School Football Class C State Championship cake, Bangor, 1976
Contributed by: John Bapst Memorial High School Date: 1976 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 40195
Assessor's Record, 1181 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland Use: Church & School
Item 52871
Assessor's Record, 98-100 Free Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland Use: School
Item 150519
Sketch of proposed building for French Catholic Society, Lewiston, 1881-1886
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1881–1886
Location: Lewiston; Lewiston
Clients: Dominican Fathers; French Catholic Society
Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs Bros. Architects
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Item 150828
School for St. Joseph Parish, Lewiston, 1934
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1934 Location: Lewiston Client: Catholic Church Architect: Edw. T. Graham
Exhibit
John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.
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Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter
Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.
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Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church
"The Catholic Church is located on the west side of Main Street, so the reason he bought his house on Ballard Hill was so that he could be within…"
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John Bapst Memorial High School
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A tour of unique features at St. Andre's Catholic Church
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A tour of unique features at St. Andre's Catholic Church
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Father Renald Labarre: the life of a Catholic priest
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A Biddeford native provides insights on his Franco-American roots and life as a Catholic priest.
