Keywords: Religious education
Item 13811
East Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Bucksport Media: Postcard
Item 14157
Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print
Item 151767
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1955–1958 Location: Portland Client: Portland Hebrew School Synagogue Association Architect: Abraham Siegal
Item 150473
Plans of Convent School fo Father Conlon, Calais, 1884-1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884–1885 Location: Calais Client: Conlon, Architect: George M. Coombs
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.
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.
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education
"… 1803 for the purpose of space sharing for various religious entities. Money for erecting the building was secured from the sale of the pews."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill
"… education, was a very important goal, mostly for religious instruction, but it stuck. The town of Blue Hill was and is a bustling coastal community."
Story
Nursing at Mercy Hospital during WWII
by Roberta Loring
Education and nursing at Mercy Hospital during World War II.
Story
The Mercy mission called to me deeply
by Melissa Skahan
Melissa Skahan recounted her admiration for the Sisters, as well as her years of work at Mercy
