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The ceremony will be held at St. John the Baptist Church at One o'clock on
August 19th. St. John's is located at 39 Pleasant Street, Brunswick Maine
04011.
We will post more about the ceremony as we finalize details with the
parish.
A brief history of saint
John's:
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St. John's |
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A former Protestant church was bought in 1866 and Mass
was said there until 1883.
The Rev. J.H. Noieux was assigned to Brunswick as its
first resident Catholic pastor and the old Protestant church was dedicated to
Saint John the Baptist. Saint John the Baptist parish was born on January 1,
1877.
On April 12, 1912, Saint John’s church was destroyed by fire. People and
priests showed their mettle by building bigger and better on the ashes of the
old. The solemn blessing of the new church on February 27, 1927 in the
pastorship of Father Etienne Vinas, S. M. represented the crowning point of
fifty years of history for Saint John the Baptist parish.
by Rev. Emile Guilmette, S. M.
Pastor of Saint John the Baptist
January, 1973
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