GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Maine: ME-1
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church
31 Calais Avenue (physical address)
Calais, ME 04619
P.O. Box 898 (postal address)
Calais, ME 04619-0898
Phone: 207-853-2516
https://portlanddiocese.org/content/parish-mass-times
History: St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church has been administered by a diocesan priest, assisted by a permanent deacon, 2008-present. It has had some Native American parishioners (e.g. Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot) and clergy from St. Kateri have attended the following churches among Native Americans:
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2008-present |
St. Ann Church (Passamaquoddy), Indian Township Reservation, Princeton/ Peter Dana Point |
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2008-present |
St. Ann Church (Passamaquoddy), Pleasant Point Reservation, Perry/ Pleasant Point |
History of St. Ann Church, Indian Township Reservation, and St. Ann Church, Perry, Pleasant Point Reservation:
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16th century-1760s |
Jesuits founded and administered St. Ann’s, Perry, and St. Ann’s, Peter Dana Point |
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1760s-1780s |
Itinerant diocesan priests from the Bishop of Quebec attended St. Ann's, Pleasant Point, and St. Ann’s, Peter Dana Point |
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1789-1808 |
Itinerant diocesan priests from the Baltimore Bishop attended St. Ann's, Pleasant Point, and St. Ann’s, Peter Dana Point |
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1808-1853 |
Itinerant diocesan priests from the Boston Diocese attended St. Ann's, Pleasant Point, and St. Ann’s, Peter Dana Point |
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1853-1926 |
Itinerant diocesan priests from the Portland Diocese attended St. Ann's, Pleasant Point, and St. Ann’s, Peter Dana Point |
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1926-2008 |
Portland diocesan priests administered St. Ann's, Perry/ Pleasant Point, and St. Ann’s, Princeton/ Peter Dana Point |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1926?-present
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church and St. Ann Church, Indian Township, and St. Ann Church, Perry.
Unless noted otherwise, the repository named above holds (or held) the records described and not the Marquette University Archives. However, Marquette’s holdings, e.g. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, include related records about these Native and Catholic groups and places.
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