Good Shepherd Pastoral Office & Faith Formation

41 Sullivan St Biddeford, ME 04005

207-282-4812

Pastoral Life Coordinator: Sr. Angela Fortier, CSJ

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Good Shepherd Administration Office

271 Main St Saco, Me 04072

207-282-3321

Business Coordinator: Paula Moses

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Masses & Reconciliation

For the most current Mass and Holyday schedule, please check the weekly bulletin link

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Contact us

goodshepherd@portlanddiocese.org

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Weekly bulletins

click on the link below for weekly bulletins- please be patient — the bulletins takes a few minutes to download:

http://seekandfind.com/directory/st.-mary-church_2271.html

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Catholic Schools

Good Shepherd Parish is proud to have two Catholic Schools in their cluster. Visit their websites below.

Notre Dame de Lourdes School in Saco 207-283-3111 www.notredameschoolsaco.org

St. James School in Biddeford 207-282-4084 www.sjsweb.org

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Good Shepherd Parish Cemeteries

St. Mary Cemetery and St Joseph Cemetery call 207-282-0727

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Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration is ongoing at the Perpetual Adoration Chapel, 27 Thornton Ave., Saco. Come and spend some time with Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. For more information or to sign up for scheduled adoration, call Therese Lessard at 282-9294.

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Meet our Pastoral Staff:

Msgr. Rene Mathieu, Administrator - biography

Rev. Robert Lupo, Pastoral Vicar - biography

Rev. Gregory Dube, Pastoral Vicar - biography

Deacon Robert Parenteau

Deacon Kevin Jacques

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Good Shepherd Parish consists of the following churches -

Most Holy Trinity Church 271 Main St Saco

History

St. Andre Church 73 Bacon St Biddeford

History

St Brendan Chapel Lester B Orcott Blvd Biddeford Pool

History

St. Joseph Church 178 Elm St Biddeford

History

Notre Dame De Lourdes Church 1929-2009

16 Cutts Avenue Saco

History

St. Mary Church 1855-2009

12 St Mary’s St Biddeford

History

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Cluster 25 Committee first met in September, 2005. Their task was to restructure the cluster parishes to meet the challenges of a New Evangelization. More information on their deliberations can be found on the following link. http://www.catholic-parishes.biddeford.me.us/Cluster25News/cluster.htm

The two remaining cluster parishes of St Margaret in Old Orchard Beach and St Philip in Lyman plan to canonically join Good Shepherd Parish in 2010.

Good Shepherd Parish Merger Report

Good Shepherd Parish Finances June 2009

Good Shepherd Biddeford/Saco Buildings Announcement — August 2009

Updated Church Buildings Plan — November 14 2009

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Other Interesting Catholic links:

Diocese of Portland

Mass times while traveling

U. S. Conference of Bishops

The Vatican

High School Lenten Retreat

High School Permission Medical Release Form

Jr HS permission medical release form

Jr HS Lenten Retreat