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Item 148793

Parishioners at the Head of River Baptist Church, Cutler, 1956

Contributed by: Maine Seacoast Mission Date: 1956 Location: Cutler Media: Photographic print

Item 79318

Dixfield Common Baptist Church and citizens, Dixfield, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print

Item 18380

Restoration of Sts. Peter and Paul, Lewiston, 2004

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: 2004 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

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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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Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"Parishioners carried this fold-up melodeon to West Cumberland Methodist Church each Sunday where Evelina D."

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Nave, St. Peter and Paul Church, Lewiston, ca. 1970

La Basilique Lewiston

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.