jan 1, 1960 - St. Aiden's, Machias

Description:

• Founded in 1960 as a mission; became a parish in 2015

• Active lay ministry

• Regular mission offerings of money and food to the community

• Participant in Living Local: Joining God in the Neighborhood

• Love to make music together

• Open hearts, open doors

• Value the questions

For the past two years, we have committed to the Living Local: Joining God in the Neighborhood process with seven other parishes in this diocese. We have learned and continue to learn how to get outside of our building to see what God is up to in our community. A big change of mind and heart has been that we do not expect this work to bring us new members. We now have a fledgling ministry of engaging with and supporting students at the University of Maine at Machias, which we had been trying to do for some time. We have gained so much from this process.