PORTLAND — The Catholic Foundation of Maine has announced it will distribute in excess of $800,000 to more than 100 endowment funds in 2017. The funds will benefit parishes, schools, seminarians, Catholic Charities Maine and other ministries across Maine. The foundation was established in 2003 to provide people with the opportunity to support and create […]
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The beautiful, solemn Dominican choir
Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Gail Gregoire Lawrence was a student at St. Peter’s School in the 1960s and remembers the regular walks from Bates Street to what was then Saints Peter and Paul church. She remembers polished marble and sparkling chandeliers; she counted the jewel-like colors in the glittering glass windows. […]
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Supreme Court sides with church seeking state funds for playground
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court concluded its work for this session on Monday siding with religious institutions in a major church-state decision. The court ruled 7-2 that religious institutions may not be excluded from state programs with a secular intent — in this case, making playgrounds safer. Missouri’s state constitution, like those in about three […]
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Communicating with pets to be explored at Lifetree Café
LEWISTON — How pets interact and communicate with humans will be explored at Lifetree Café at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 29. The program, titled “What’s Your Pet Trying to Tell You?” features a filmed interview with Alexa Boyes, a professional animal communicator. “For me, I try to be the voice of the animal and I […]
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Country music style worship WATERFORD — The Waterford Congregational Church will perform all anthems and hymns as old-time country music at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, June 25, at 15 Plummer Hill Road. Gail Scott from the Shadagee Ramblers will play on bass guitar and Don Chase, known as “The Maine-iac Mountaineer,” on lead guitar, and they will […]
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Christian Women United meeting PARIS — The Christian Women United luncheon will be served at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 20, at the First Congregational Church. The guest speaker and singer will be Berdie Whittemore. FMI, reservations: 207-743-5770. Lifetree to explore imperfect parents LEWISTON — The challenges and rewards of parenting will be explored from 6:30 to […]
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Eucharistic processions, parish celebrations, planned for Feast of Corpus Christi
LEWISTON — In honor of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (also known as the Feast of Corpus Christi), parishes around the Diocese of Portland have planned celebrations, Eucharistic processions, and special events for the week of June 18. The Feast of Corpus Christi (translated from Latin to “Body of […]
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Supreme Court sides with religious hospitals in pension dispute
WASHINGTON (AP) — Religious hospitals don’t have to comply with federal laws protecting pension plans, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that affects retirement benefits for roughly a million workers nationwide. The justices sided with three church-affiliated nonprofit hospital systems being sued for underfunding their employee pension plans. The hospitals — two […]
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Church services announced for West Paris, Sumner
WEST PARIS — The schedule of Sunday services at the West Paris Universalist Church at 9 a.m. for June is: * June 4 — “Unearthing New England’s Unknown Genius: Mary Moody Emerson,” led by the Rev. Nancy Haverington, who is writing a screenplay about Mary Moody Emerson, the genius behind her nephew, Ralph Waldo Emerson. […]