Catholic Church
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Father Henri Carrier, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber
Series
Abstract
1697 Father Henri Carrier, interviewed by Raymond Pelletier and Mark Silber, March 19, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Carrier talks about his decision to become a priest in the 1930s; requirements for the priesthood; differences in parishes throughout Maine; changes in the priest’s role with the development of parish councils; Church involvement in political and social issues; motivations for people to stay in “Little Canada”; strengthening the family; and the declining use of French. Partially in...
Dates:
1977-1982
Juliette Filteau, interviewed by Steffan Duplessis and Mark Silber
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1695 Juliette Filteau, interviewed by Steffan Duplessis and Mark Silber, February 19, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Filteau discusses her childhood in Canada during the 1910s and 20s; moving to Lewiston in 1923; working in the shoe shop as a teenager; nuns and a convent in Canada; raising her daughter’s children; dates with her future husband; importance of religion and changes in Catholicism; leaving her alcoholic first husband, her catering business; opening her restaurant; dealing with drunks;...
Dates:
1977-1982
Paul Belanger, interviewed by Mark Silber and Raymond Pelletier
Series
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1685 Paul Belanger, interviewed by Mark Silber and Raymond Pelletier, February 18, 1981, Lewiston, Maine. Belanger talks about the history of Franco-Americans in Lewiston and Auburn; Franco-American love of music; working during the Great Depression; working for a French newspaper, the Messenger, and radio station; his father’s musical work for St. Mary’s Church, importance Franco-Americans placed on education for their children; religion; and retirement. Partially in French. Text: 18 pp....
Dates:
1977-1982
Social Justice Collection
Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0472
Scope and Contents
The collection contains miscellaneous issues of newspapers and magazines with articles relating to social justice. The periodicals include Our Sunday visitor, Green magazine, Boston advertiser, Pathfinder, Portland Sunday telegram, Boston herald, Church world, Bangor daily news. Some of the articles are about the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the end of World War II, the position of the Catholic Church on various issues.
Dates:
1933-1945