Keywords: Jesus
Item 23651
Woman getting a tattoo, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 11015
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1981-01-06 Location: Madison Media: Photographic print
Item 151716
First Baptist Church, Portland, 1907
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Portland Client: First Baptist Church Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Like many cities in France, Lewiston and Auburn's skylines are dominated by a cathedral-like structure, St. Peter and Paul Church. Now designated a basilica by the Vatican, it stands as a symbol of French Catholic contributions to the State of Maine.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844
"… Millerites, a religious group who believed that Jesus would reappear on earth between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844, held a camp meeting at…"
Story
Pandemic Chaplaincy
by Rev Judy L Braun
Reflections of a hospice Chaplains encounter with end of life during Coronavirus pandemic 2020-21