For the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic reached Maine, the Saint Dominic Academy school community gathered together for a schoolwide Mass on Sept. 14, with Bishop Robert Deeley serving as the main celebrant.
Sept. 14 is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, according to a news release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.
Students, staff and faculty from both the Auburn and Lewiston campus joined Deeley for the Mass at Holy Cross Church on Lisbon Street.
Afterward, the St. Dom’s baseball team and its coach, Bob Blackman, were honored in front of the assembly for their triumphant run to a state championship last year, just two seasons after not winning a game.
Each player took a turn ringing the St. Dom’s bell, a longstanding tradition at the school for teams that become state champs.
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