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	Augusta-Area Parishes Move toward Merger Kennebec Journal May 21, 2008 http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/027437.html AUGUSTA — Two area parishes are moving forward with a merger under a plan the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland released in 2006. The Augusta-based St. Michael Parish and St. Francis Xavier Parish, based in Winthrop, are combining business functions, but not closing churches at this point. The two parishes sent a letter last week that formally requested diocesan approval for the two parishes' merger. St. Michael Parish, the result of a five-church merger in July 2007, includes St. Mary of the Assumption in Augusta, St. Augustine in Augusta, St. Andrew in Augusta, St. Joseph in Gardiner and St. Denis in Whitefield. Parish personnel have already assumed many of the Winthrop parish's business duties. St. Francis Xavier Parish includes two congregations: Winthrop's St. Francis Xavier Church and St. Leo's Church of Litchfield.
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