Editing South Aroostook, Maine (section)

==History==
Bishop [[Benedict Joseph Fenwick]] founded Benedicta in 1834 as a colony of Irish Catholics from Boston. They began arriving in 1838<ref>{{cite web | author = <!-- not stated --> | date = <!-- not stated --> | title = Benedicta | url = https://umaine.edu/undiscoveredmaine/aroostook-county-maine/southern-aroostook/benedicta/ | website = Undiscovered Maine | publisher = [[University of Maine]] | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240723231315/https://umaine.edu/undiscoveredmaine/aroostook-county-maine/southern-aroostook/benedicta/ | archive-date = July 23, 2024 | access-date = January 4, 2025}}</ref> and built a small village surrounding St. Benedict Church. Fenwick later considered Benedicta as a home for the planned [[College of the Holy Cross]], but settled on [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], instead.<ref>{{cite book | last = Foley | first = Albert S. | year = 1954 | title = Bishop Healy: Beloved Outcaste | url = https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005946146 | location = New York City, New York | publisher = Farrar, Straus, and Young | oclc = 1223346 | pages = 135–136}}</ref>