LEWISTON – The Rev. Robert D. Lariviere, rector of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, will be the guest speaker for the Saints Peter and Paul Society on Sunday, Oct. 9, following the 8 a.m. breakfast meeting in the Dominican Conference Room. He will speak on “Reorganize in Order to Reevangelize.”

Lariviere, who is also pastor of the parish, is a Biddeford native, attended St. Andre and St. Louis High School. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Edward O’Leary on June 17, 1978, after completing clerical studies at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore, Md. He has served as assistant pastor and pastor in many parishes throughout the Diocese of Portland.

In 1989 he earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of America. Since then, he has served on the Institutional Ethics Committee of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center as well as numerous other committees.