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Welcome to Good Shepherd Parish
of Northern York County in Biddeford & Saco, Maine
Established July 1, 2008
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
Good Shepherd Parish
Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday
4:00 pm Most Holy Trinity, St. André, St. Joseph, St. Margaret
4:30 pm St. Philip
Sunday
8:00 am St. Joseph (French)
8:30 am Most Holy Trinity, St. Margaret
9:00 am St. Philip
9:30 am St. André, St. Joseph
10:30 am Most Holy Trinity, St. Margaret
11:00 am St. Joseph
5:30 pm St. Joseph
Lenten Daily Mass Schedule
Monday — Saturday 7:00 am St. Joseph
Monday — Friday 8:00 am St. Margaret
Monday — Friday 9:00 am Most Holy Trinity
Wed., Thurs., Friday 9:00 am St. Philip
Monday - Friday noon St. Joseph
Reconciliation/Confession
Saturday 2:30-3:30 pm St. Margaret
3:00 pm Most Holy Trinity, St. Andre, St. Joseph
3:30-4:00 pm St Philip
Or by appointment
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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.
Please visit the schools at the upcoming Open House:
Open House at Notre Dame School - Tuesday, March 23 6 pm to 7:30 pm
Open House at St James School — Thursday, March 25 6 pm to 7:30 pm
2010-2011 Registration will be held on
March 29, 30 and 31 at both schools
9 am to 2 pm or by appointment.
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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Hospital Pastoral Care
Catholic pastoral care at Southern Maine Medical Center has been provided for almost 30 years. This ministry is sponsored by Good Shepherd Parish, and the churches of St. Philip, St Margaret and St Martha. Janice Biasin-Hanson is our Catholic chaplain at the hospital. Hours are 9-3, Monday-Friday.The hospital pastoral care office phone number is 294-5300.
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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, Parochial Vicar - biography
Rev. Antony Dass, HGN, Parochial 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
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