LEWISTON — The pipe organ originally housed in Notre Dame de Lourdes Church in Saco will be blessed and dedicated at its new home in the crypt chapel of the Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul in Lewiston during a Mass in the chapel on Saturday, June 28 at 4 p.m.

The Mass will be celebrated in French.

Msgr. Marc Caron, pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston, will be the main celebrant, with Msgr. René Mathieu, pastor of Good Shepherd Parish in Saco, concelebrating.

Notre Dame de Lourdes Church was closed in December of 2009, and the organ was dismantled in 2013 before being moved to Lewiston. It has been refurbished thanks to a gift from the estate of Fr. Maurice Morin, who was born in Lewiston in 1938 and served as parochial vicar at St. Andre Church in Biddeford from 1967-70, and pastor of St. Joseph Church in Biddeford from 1983-89.

“I had asked Msgr. Mathieu if they had plans for the pipe organ when the church closed,” said Caron. “I told him that we would be interested in using it in the basilica chapel. He was kind enough to indicate that the parish would donate the organ to Prince of Peace.

“Our parish needed to cover the cost of moving the instrument, repairing and updating it, and installing it in the basilica chapel. Prince of Peace Parish received $78,000 from Fr. Morin’s estate. After consultation with his relatives, I decided that the parish would use part of that bequest to cover the cost of moving, repairing and installing the instrument.”

Members of Morin’s family and parishioners from Good Shepherd Parish are expected to attend Saturday’s blessing and dedication.