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Keywords: Parochial Schools

Historical Items

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Item 80764

High school girls at St. Andre's school, 1945

Contributed by: An individual through Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 80761

1949 St. Andre School Graduates, Biddeford, 1949

Contributed by: An individual through Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 80694

Rev. Arthur Decary and St. Andre's school graduates, Biddeford, 1945

Contributed by: An individual through Biddeford Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150829

St. Joseph's Parochial School, Lewiston, 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Lewiston; Lewiston Client: Catholic Church Architect: Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects

Item 150654

Parochial School Building for Rev. J.A. LaFlame, Rumford, 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Rumford Client: J. A. Laflamme Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

John Bapst High School

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.

Exhibit

From French Canadians to Franco-Americans

French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.

Exhibit

The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin

Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… public or parochial schools, moving on to public, parochial or private high schools--boys and girls. Many went off to college."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… Rumford Elementary School; Holy Savior School parochial school; the libraries of Buckfield, Dixfield, and Rumford; Dr."

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… Hospital in Houlton, and more openings of parochial schools. One of the stated core values of the Sisters of Mercy as set forth by Mother McAuley…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Bob Hodge:A rocky road to become Biddeford school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The son of immigrants, Bob's hard work and determination leads to a life of community service.

Story

Sister Madeleine D’Anjou: Many detours lead to a rewarding life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

What a journey! Sister Maddie says that "God writes straight on crooked lines."

Story

Biddeford and Maine Franco-American Hall of Fame Award recipient
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

With options to be a college French professor, became a lawyer, mayor, DA & District Court Judge