Auspice Maria Messages

Bishop Ruggieri reflects on recent death of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero

Two years ago, on October 25, 2023, the people of Maine were shaken to the core by the tragedy in Lewiston. Eighteen of our brothers and sisters were killed, and thirteen others were wounded when a gunman opened fire at a bowling alley and a local bar.

All of us today know what it means to live busy lives. Families juggle work, school, and countless responsibilities. Priests, too, are busy people.