In response to inquiries from parishes, parishioners, and community members looking to donate to the victims of the devastating flooding in Louisiana, Bishop Robert P. Deeley asks that contributions be sent to Catholic Charities USA which is currently providing families and individuals affected by the disaster with immediate and long-term relief.

At the start of a new academic year, hundreds gathered at St. John the Baptist Church in Brunswick on Sunday, August 28, as Bishop Deeley offered blessings to school teachers, administrators, staff, and religious education teachers at a Mass for Educators.

An ecumenical ministry that provides free community meals in the Augusta area was presented with a Matthew 25 Award by Bishop Robert Deeley on Saturday, August 20, during a Mass celebrated at Saint Joseph Church in Gardiner.

The festival was held to bless the altar servers and to recognize the work that they do in service of the Church. Altar Servers from 19 different parishes attended, many of them accompanied by their priests.

Calling it a “day of rejoicing,” Bishop Deeley blessed the new chapel and altar at the Transfiguration Hermitage in Windsor on Sunday, August 7

Bishop Robert Deeley will celebrate a Mass for Educators on Sunday, August 28 at 11 a.m. at St. John the Baptist in Brunswick.

Parishes and schools in the Diocese of Portland combined to raise over $45,000 for the Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) Rice Bowl program during the forty days of Lent in 2016. CRS Rice Bowl is a faith-in-action program that encourages Catholics to fill cardboard bowls with monetary donations, giving alms to those in need and honoring Jesus’ call to serve our neighbors.