This window in of Pius X, Pope and Saint (1835-1914), who initiated changes affecting the liturgy, Eucharistic worship, religious instruction and canon law. St. Pius X did more than any other single pope to promote early First Communion and the practice of Frequent Communion, started the research behind a revised breviary, and appointed a group to investigate possible revisions in the Holy Mass. St. Pius X was canonized on May 29, 1954. SEBASTIAN RASLE, S.J. NARANTSOUAC 1693-1724 Recalling history, this window is in memory of one of the earliest missionaries to this area, Father Sebastian Rasle, who, about 1695, came down from Quebec to take charge of the mission to the Norridgewock Indians. In his years of ministry he came to know well the channels and trials across what is now Skowhegan. Twice each summer he went to the coast with his flock, carrying with him all things needed for the creation of a temporary chapel and the celebration of the Holy Mass, for which he used, as he wrote in a letter, bayberries melted down and molded into candles. On August 23 of 1724, Father Rasle was slain at the door of his church during the attack of Narantsouac (Norridgewock). When the troops started the next morning on their return journey they left the village in flames and heaped with its dead; and it is said that a bundle of Indian scalps, together with that of Father Rasle, were carried back to Boston. GABRIEL DRUILLETTES, S.J. KENNEBEC 1646-1654 Again, recalling more local history of the early missionaries to this area, this window is also dedicated to the memory of one of the very earliest, Father Gabriel Druillettes, who in 1646 came from Sillery, a Jesuit mission to the Indians, situated a few
This window in of Pius X, Pope and Saint (1835-1914), who initiated changes affecting the liturgy, Eucharistic worship, religious instruction and canon law. St. Pius X did more than any other single pope to promote early First Communion and the practice of Frequent Communion, started the research behind a revised breviary, and appointed a group to investigate possible revisions in the Holy Mass. St. Pius X was canonized on May 29, 1954. SEBASTIAN RASLE, S.J. NARANTSOUAC 1693-1724 Recalling history, this window is in memory of one of the earliest missionaries to this area, Father Sebastian Rasle, who, about 1695, came down from Quebec to take charge of the mission to the Norridgewock Indians. In his years of ministry he came to know well the channels and trials across what is now Skowhegan. Twice each summer he went to the coast with his flock, carrying with him all things needed for the creation of a temporary chapel and the celebration of the Holy Mass, for which he used, as he wrote in a letter, bayberries melted down and molded into candles. On August 23 of 1724, Father Rasle was slain at the door of his church during the attack of Narantsouac (Norridgewock). When the troops started the next morning on their return journey they left the village in flames and heaped with its dead; and it is said that a bundle of Indian scalps, together with that of Father Rasle, were carried back to Boston. GABRIEL DRUILLETTES, S.J. KENNEBEC 1646-1654 Again, recalling more local history of the early missionaries to this area, this window is also dedicated to the memory of one of the very earliest, Father Gabriel Druillettes, who in 1646 came from Sillery, a Jesuit mission to the Indians, situated a few
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