Maine Memory Network

First Parish in Portland

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United Society of Shakers

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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…"

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…"

Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… into the settlement and from that time forward religious services were held on more or less continuous basis. Guilford Center Schoolhouse, ca."

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"Queen's Hospital administration building, Portland, ca. 1930Northern Light Mercy Hospital The Story of Mercy Hospital began in the fall of 1918…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… Bishop Walsh to arrange the purchase of a large building on the corner of State and Deering streets from Richard Payson."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"The old Queen’s Hospital buildings were kept for housing and classrooms for the 140 students then enrolled in the School of Nursing."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… Residence at 194 Spring Street in March 1988 in a building loaned by the hospital. This first residence contained three small apartments, which…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… death organizing a foundation with the goal of building the Gary Pike House. Gary’s House became a focus of charity and fundraising efforts for the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… was able to use this money for things like religious purposes, colleges, hospitals, libraries, and even orphanages."

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."

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."

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."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… plays, concerts, visiting speakers, political and religious meetings, and other cultural gatherings."

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."

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."

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…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

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

Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… the abolitionist movement was very connected to religious beliefs. William Lloyd Garrison was a renowned leader of the anti-slavery movement."