Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Although she had no prior intention of founding a religious community, Catherine and two companions took vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and an…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"members. The hall was used for dances, social and religious gatherings, plays, concerts,bingo, fundraisers, town meeting, and the annual eighth grade…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"The shield was actually the badge of the Order of Ransom, founded in 1218 in the city of Barcelona. Its members cared for the sick and ransomed…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"The entire order of 60 women volunteered. Queen's Hospital entrance, Portland, ca. 1930 Queen's Hospital EntranceNorthern Light Mercy Hospital…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"… was known as a very nice man, and for being religious. Mary used the house to take in boarders during the war."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Religious communities grew with years of preachers visiting the island, and prior to a church structure, services were held in an island schoolhouse."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"He was an artist and he painted pictures of religious subjects. The natives were fond of a bell that Father Rasle had."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… and a descendent of English emigrants seeking religious freedoms, was the first settler of New Portland."

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."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Historical Society The first recorded religious meeting on Islesboro took place in 1791, in the barn of Joseph Boardman."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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