Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-26
CHURCH AND PASTOR.
Late Items of interest in Maine ReIlg
ious Circles.

Congregational church is being
built at Mexico.
A fine church building is being
erected a Ludlow station.
The Hancock county C. E union will
meet in sSedgWick on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Colin F. Shea of Lewiston has gone to
Montreal to resume his studies for the
priesthood He will be ordained next
June.
\ Young Peoples Society of Chris
tan Enleavor has been organized at
the First Parish church, Falmouth,
with % members.
Work is progressing on the interior
of the Catholic church at Presque Isle
and it is expected that it will be ready
to hold service in by the first Sunday in
October. although it will not be all
completed this fall.
Rev. Dalton Lee, pastor of the Con-
gregational church at Prcsque Islc, who
recently received 4 call to a church in
Massachusetts, has yielded to the pres
sure of the members of his Society to
remain at Pressure Isle. and has decided
to decline the call offered him, though
it carried with it an increased salary
The annual convention of the Maine
Spiritua!ist will be held October !,
and 3 in Grand Army Hall, Lewiston.
Among others who are expected TO
speak at the convention are Harrison
D. Barrett, president of the national
association and editor Of the Banner OF
Light; Edgar Emerson, test medium,
and F. A. Wiggin, pastor OF berkeley
Hall Spiritual Society, Boston
Rev. Z. II. Barton, state superintend-
ent Of :Jniversalist churches, is assist
ing in the organization of a Universe
list parish at North NoWry, where con-
siderable interest is being manifested.
Rev. NJ. Roys has been holding sum-
mer services in NeWry. 1t is intended
to erect IL the near future d chapel in
which to hold services and the organ!z-
alton is Il step in this direction. The
chapel fund has already been started.
Rev. Raymond Calkins has accepted
a call to the pulpit of the State Street
congregational church, Portland. Mr..
Calkins was born in Newton, 50 years
ago: he is the son of Rev. Wolcott
Calhins, D. D.. who is still the pastor OF
the leading Congregational parish OF
| tnut town. i ne younger IldIl Ntill "
Harvard university whore he was grad
uatod. but attended no divinity school.
After leaving college, he went west and
was engaged in clerical work through
California, and the other western
| states. He was lately pastor OF the
| CONGREGATIONAL church in PittStield,
| Mass, from which place he comes to
Portland.
| On next Sunday September p, will be
| celebrated at the Cathedral Boston, the
centenary OF the erection of the first
| Catholic church in Boston Catholic
| churches have been built in Maine by
| Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries as
| carly as 1901, sixteen years before the
| Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth,
| Mas, but not until 1865 was there
| permanent catholic place of worship
| in Boston. TO commemorate this great
event the Catholics of Boston and New
| England will celebrate it with unusual
ronlp and splendor. Bishop Otonnell
! of the Maine Diocese Will be one OF the
| assistants to Archbishop Williams and
will take an active part in the celcbra-
ton. on the following day the New
England Catholic associations will hold
appropriate services.