New Priest for Prince of Peace Parish starting August 1

Fr. Patrick Finn has been appointed parochial vicar at Prince of Peace Parish (Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Holy Cross Church, and Holy Family Church, all in Lewiston), Holy Trinity Parish in Lisbon Falls, and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Sabattus. Fr. Finn is currently parochial vicar of Corpus Christi Parish (Notre Dame Church, Waterville; St. John the Baptist Church, Winslow; St. Helena Church, Belgrade Lakes). He was ordained to the priesthood on June 16, 2018, at St. John the Baptist Church in Brunswick. His assignment at Corpus Christi Parish was his first pastoral assignment. He has served at the parish since July 1, 2018. A Bath native, Fr. Finn attended Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio and earned a master of divinity degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He completed his clerical studies at Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts.



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