PORTLAND---Bishop Robert P. Deeley is pleased to announce the appointment of Fr. Paul G. Murray to the position of residential care chaplain in the parishes of Immaculate Heart of Mary in Auburn and Prince of Peace in Lewiston, effective Friday, August 8.
As the full-time residential care chaplain of these areas, Fr. Murray will serve the senior residential care institutions located in Lewiston and Auburn and provide coverage for emergencies at Central Maine Medical Center and St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center as a backup to the regular chaplains when they are off duty. In addition, he will assist Fr. Robert D. Lariviere, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, by celebrating selected Masses at parish churches.
Fr. Murray’s current assignment as parochial vicar in Our Lady of the Snows Parish (St. Anne Church, Dexter; SS Francis Xavier & Paul the Apostle Church, Milo; St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Dover-Foxcroft) and St. Agnes Parish in Pittsfield will conclude on July 27. He has also served as a parochial vicar in Corpus Christi Parish:
Notre Dame Church, Waterville; Sacred Heart Church, Waterville; St. John the Baptist Church, Winslow; St. Helena Church, Belgrade Lakes; Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Fairfield (no longer offering regular services or Masses); St. Theresa Church, Oakland (no longer offering regular services or Masses); and St. Bridget Church, North Vassalboro (no longer offering regular services or Masses).
Fr. Murray, 58, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and attended Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts. He graduated with an associate degree in business administration from Massachusetts Bay Community College. In 2004, he entered Holy Apostles College & Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut, before completing his religious studies at Blessed John XXIII Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Richard J. Malone at Holy Family Church in Lewiston on May 30, 2009.
Prior to entering the seminary, Fr. Murray was a member of the Madonna House Community in Ontario, Canada, for 19 years. The Catholic community of lay men, women, and priests serve in a mission capacity in more than ten countries worldwide. As a member of the community, Fr. Murray served in hospitality/maintenance at the community center in Ontario, a hostel in the Yukon, a retreat center in England, and a soup kitchen in Saskatchewan.