"How is it that God wants me to live my life?" That is the question Bishop Robert Deeley asked teenagers to ponder as they gather for the annual Journey retreat, held at Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn.

Hundreds filled Saint Augustine Church in Augusta on Saturday, November 19, for a Mass celebrated by Bishop Robert Deeley commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first Mass held in the church.

After weeks of collecting and organizing boxes and boxes of food donations generously offered by parishioners, families, and businesses, the entire eighth-grade class at St. Michael School in Augusta joined representatives from the Salvation Army on Monday, November 21, to distribute over 150 Thanksgiving baskets to many community members in need.

BALTIMORE---The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has elected Bishop Robert P. Deeley, J.C.D., as the new chairman-elect of the USCCB’s Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance. The election was held as part of this year’s USCCB Fall General Assembly on Tuesday, November 15, in Baltimore, Maryland. Bishop Deeley will serve one year as chairman-elect before beginning a three-year term at the conclusion of the 2017 USCCB Fall General Assembly.

AUGUSTA---Catholic men from across Maine came together at the Augusta Civic Center on Saturday, November 5, for the Maine Catholic Men’s Conference, an opportunity to grow in community and faith. The conference began with a morning Mass celebrated by Bishop Robert P. Deeley.

Just over 100 years after Bishop Louis S. Walsh, the fourth Bishop of Portland, blessed and set the cornerstone for a new church in Augusta, Bishop Robert P. Deeley, the twelfth Bishop of Portland, will celebrate a centennial Mass to commemorate the 100th anniversary of St. Augustine Church, located on 75 Northern Avenue