The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
on the way home ..The Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, also known as Sts. Peter and Paul Church, is a church located in Lewiston, Maine.
An aerial view of the Blue Mass in Lewiston
An overview of the Blue Mass celebration at the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Lewiston, Maine in October of 2018.
St Peter's Basilica Lewiston Maine. Drone footage video number 2
New look at St Peter's Lewiston
St. Peter R.C. Church was filled with parishioners Sunday, as the congregation celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving and dedication of almost $2 million worth of renovations.
The Most Rev. Richard J. Malone, bishop of Buffalo, was the guest celebrant. He blessed the recently completed additions, which include a new elevator and side entrance connecting the church and elementary school; the addition of two more classrooms; a new kitchen; a state-of-the-art media center and library; and handicapped-accessible bathrooms.
Tu es Petrus
Scola Cantorum
Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul
Lewiston, Maine
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History of Lewiston, Maine / History of towns in United States
Country: United States of America
State: Maine
County: Androscoggin County
City: Lewiston
Population (2010):
• Total 36,592
• Density 1,071.5/sq mi (413.7/km2)
• Demonym Lewistonion
HISTORY:
In 1768 a Boston Company known as the Pejepscot Proprietors granted land for a settlement to be called Lewiston on the east side of the Androscoggin River at Twenty-Mile Falls. The recipients were Jonathan Bagley and Moses Little of Newbury, Massachusetts.
Settlement began two years later when Paul Hildreth and his family arrived. Hildreth's log cabin was a short distance below the falls and he established a ferry service nearby. Other families followed. By 1790, Lewiston was home to 532 persons. Lewiston was incorporated as a town on February 18, 1795.
Water power was harnessed by a timber dam by 1808-1809 and a canal was built. The town grew to 1,549 inhabitants by 1830. The first bridge was built in 1823. Although there were mills by the falls, the present downtown Lewiston was still occupied by a farm, a few dwellings, and a school house.
As early as 1836, efforts were made to build dams, canals, and mills, but capital was lacking. Boston investors later made the developments possible. Each of the 1850 and 1860 census counts showed a doubling of the size of Lewiston.The DeWitt Hotel was built around 1854 and the Maine Seminary, later Bates College was established in 1855. After being chartered as a city in 1861, the city prospered during the Civil War, as the demand for textiles was high and steady.
Lewiston's first mayor, Jacob Barker Ham, took office in 1863. Subsequent mayors went on to higher office. William P. Frye went to Congress and served as President pro tem of the U.S. Senate, twice being next in line for the presidency due to vacancies in the office of Vice President. Alonzo Garcelon, mayor in 1871, became governor of Maine in 1879. Another mayor-turned-congressman was Daniel McGillicuddy.
An impressive city building was constructed in 1873. The current Lewiston City Hall replaced it after a fire in 1890. The Music Hall was built in 1877, with the aim of being the best opera house east of Boston. It was renovated between 1999 and 2003 to house the Lewiston District courthouse.
A spur from Lewiston by the Canadian National Railway introduced competition to the Maine Central Railroad and freight rates dropped. Starting in the 1870s, the Grand Trunk Station became the arrival point for thousands of French Canadians. Many settled in the area between Lisbon Street and the river, in blocks built by the mills or in an area called Little Canada. By 1880, the population had risen to 19,083, a tenfold increase in 40 years.
The oldest Roman Catholic church in Lewiston is St. Joseph's Church, built on Main Street between 1863 and 1867. The first parochial school was established in 1882. The first teachers were Sisters of Charity until replaced by the Ladies of Sion in 1892. St. Peter's Church served the French parish, was replaced by Saints Peter and Paul Church, built 1905-1938. St. Dominic's High School was founded in 1941 in the clubhouse of L'Association St. Dominique.
Lewiston High School opened in 1850 and moved into a brick
building on Main Street in 1859. A fire company was started in 1849. The Grey Nuns organized the first hospital, St. Mary's, which was dedicated in 1889. Central Maine General Hospital was established in 1891 with thirty beds in two houses on Main Street.
Due to increased competitions from textile concerns in the South and overseas, the textile industry in Lewiston has gradually declined. A variety of new industries have grownup to replace it. The Geiger Brothers, publishers of The Farmer's Almanac, brought their printing business to Lewiston in 1955.
Today 36 592 people live in Lewiston (2010 census).
International Snowshoe Convention, Lewiston, Maine, 1950 - Part 2
The International Snowshoe Convention held at Lewiston, Maine, February 2-3, 1950. Part 2 includes the parade, mass at SS. Peter and Paul Church, and the bean supper.
This film is silent.
Copyright University of Southern Maine, Franco-American Collection.
Sicut Cervus
Scola Cantorum Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul
Lewiston, Maine
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Flying Maine
The same as one of my other videos, only 4K. Highlights some of the footage I've taken in the first few times I've put the drone in the air. Slowly getting the hang of this.
Holiday Greetings from the Consulate General of Canada, New York
Did you hear the one about the four Canadian organists, the two classic pipe organs from Quebec, and the mellifluous Ottawa opera singer, all let loose in New York...?
CAST
(in alphabetical order)
Paolo Bordignon: Toronto, Ontario
Associate Director of Music and Director of the Choristers, St. Bart's
(St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church)
David Enlow: Toronto, Ontario
Organist and Choir Master, Church of the Resurrection
Michael Giunta, Ottawa, Ontario
Narrator
Wallis Giunta: Ottawa, Ontario
Mezzo Soprano, Lindemann Young Artist at The Metropolitan Opera
Andrew Henderson: Thorold, Ontario
Director of Music and Organist, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Ryan Jackson: Bracebridge, Ontario
Director of Music and Fine Arts Ministries, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
AND
Himanshu Dubey
Cinematography, Editing, and Direction
ORGANS
Church of the Resurrection
Casavant Frères, Opus 665 (1916). Built in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec for SS. Peter and Paul, Lewiston, Maine.
Renovated by the Organ Clearing House for Church of the Resurrection (2009).
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church
Casavant Frères, Opus 2660 (1961). Built in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Austin Organs, Inc., Opus 2347 (1961). Built in Hartford, Connecticut.
St. Bart's (St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church)
Aeolian-Skinner Company, Opus 275-E/F (1971). Built in Boston, Massachusetts
Lewiston Church Celebrates Final Mass
Hundreds gathered for a final mass at Saint Joseph's Church in Lewiston Tuesday. News 8's Steve Minich reports.
Maine mountains
Glorious Maine mountains atop Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park.
A view from Doucette Road, Grand Isle, Maine, United States.
Joseph Normand Grinnell visits Doucette Road, Grand Isle, Maine, United States on June 5, 2010.
CSI: Lewiston
A spoof on the TV show CSI based in a small town in Idaho.
Basilica of the St. Paul. Vatican.
Базилика святого Павла в Ватикане.
Vatican City is the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world.
8mm Home Movie From 1960's
8mm home movie from early 1960's in Lewiston, Maine and surrounding areas.
Sunday Mass October 7, 2018
Filmed at St. Rose of Lima Church in Lewiston, MN.
Lewiston Maine Canal
A fly-over of the canal system in Lewiston Maine
Song: Free
Artist: Vinny Moore
Memories from Lisbon Street (Lewiston) dime stores
by Daryn Slover/Sun Journal
Ladies of St Anne Celebration 2018
The Catholic Diocese of Portland (Maine) has a support group for women called the “Ladies of St. Anne”. In northern Maine, The Ladies of St. Anne from different communities gather together each year, on St. Anne’s Feast Day, to celebrate and pray. This year, the celebration for Deanery 1 was held in St. Agatha (Maine). It included a Mass, banquet, and the recognition of the Founder of Deanery 1.