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Basilica likely to receive crosswalk due to safety concerns

LEWISTON — When reconstruction began recently along Bartlett Street, the plans did not include a crosswalk to the parking lot outside the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. That rankled former Mayor Larry Gilbert Sr. and retired Maine Department of Transportation traffic engineer Roland Roy, who frequent the church and have witnessed the commotion when […]

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Family sharing gift of music at Mass

https://youtu.be/sSO1lV_YldE LEWISTON — In addition to meeting your Catholic Christmas duty, or because it’s just the right thing to do, here’s another reason to attend the 10:30 a.m. Christmas Day service at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Genevieve Vaillancourt, 10, who plays the viola, is making her Christmas Mass musical debut with her […]

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Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul: A final offering

Julie-Ann Baumer inside Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Last Sunday, Oct. 22, was a beautiful autumn day. The temperatures were comfortable, the sun pleasantly warm and the sky bright blue. I cut a bouquet of late zinnias and rang the bronze bell […]