72 Pleasant St.
Waterville, ME
 


History
The growth of the Catholic populations as a whole, and the needs of the English speaking Irish and Lebanese populations in particular, gave rise to the creation of the new parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1906. Father John E. Kealy was appointed as the first pastor. The newly formed parish had no church building, so they celebrated Mass at St. Francis on Sunday mornings. The first such Mass took place on October 8, 1906. By June of 1907 a lot had been purchased on the 
 corner of Pleasant and Gi lman Streets for the
 construction of the new church. The decision was made
 to build the church only as funds permitted. The
 basement was completed in a matter of months and on
 January 27, 1908, the first mass was celebrated in the
 actual building. 
 
 The basement served as the place of worship for
 twenty-one years, until the church building was
 completed and dedicated on Easter Sunday, April 20,
 1930. In 1948, the parish purchased Foss Hall, a building on College Avenue, from Colby College. In 1953, this renovated build ing was opened as the Sacred Heart School, administered by the Ursuline Sisters. By 1969, the school had ceased to operate as a parochial school, and became known as the Waterville Catholic Consolidated School. This school closed at the end of the 1973-74 school year. The building was sold to a local businessman in 1978.