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Yarmouth Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Currently the largest organization of religious women in the English-speaking world, and found in more than 40 countries serving in a multitude of…"

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"1909Maine Historical Society Although Mercy Hospital wasn’t the first hospital open to the general public in Maine, it wasn’t far behind."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"1918Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Mercy Hospital was founded in response to one of the most lethal pandemics in human history."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… Mercy Hospital—give priority to those whom society ignores. Retreat on Little Diamond Island, Portland, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… of the Town of Rumford was also evident in its religious life as well. The earliest settlers were of the Protestant faith, represented by…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… Before any churches came to exist, several religious denominations held services in a hall located on Roxbury Road."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… have a lengthy history of support for their religious institutions. The history of one in particular, the Strong Methodist Church, began shortly…"

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."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 9 of 17

"… created cultural but more specifically, religious changes to the two towns. Canadians made up for 25 percent of all immigration to Biddeford and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"Some of them like Easter, and Passover are religious holidays, while others like Thanksgiving are native just to America."

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…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… Museum Description The Millerites, a religious group who believed that Jesus would reappear on earth between March 21, 1843 and March 21…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"… to secure in future our civil, moral, and religious rights." Hamlin was a lawyer in Hampden before the Civil War."

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."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… representing five denominations, met their religious needs in their homes with traveling ministers."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… that Massachusetts officials obstructed their religious freedoms—an issue they believed could be alleviated by direct royal control."

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… were the first recorded people to have the religious faith of Catholicism in this area. The Indians were visited by Reverend John Bapst, S.J."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… or altered more than three hundred domestic, religious, public, commercial, and industrial structures on the Portland peninsula and another one…"

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."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"But the first religious organization on the island was not formed until 1792, when 15 men and women met in Southwest Harbor to form the…"