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Religion and Values

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    March 20, 2010

    Religion Calendar

    Today Inside/Out yard sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., also 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., to benefit His Place Teen Center. Alpha and Omega Thrift Shop, Norway/Paris Solid Waste Facility, lower level, 39 Brown St., Norway. Lenten Vigil for Disarmament, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., weekly through Lent. Bath Iron Works administration building, Washington Street, […]

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    March 20, 2010

    Reflections: Soup gives sustenance to body, soul

    “Not for one moment has this flowing toward me ceased.” On my 11th almost-spring birthday, I wrote in my journal, “I made it through flu season. It’s March. I won’t get sick.” Of course, moments later, I spiked a temperature, started sneezing and alternately froze and sweated under my corduroy coverlet. Then my grandmother arrived […]

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    March 20, 2010

    Worship Spotlight

    Trinity Episcopal Church, Portland

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    March 20, 2010
    ANNULMENTS

    U.S. annulment rate may spur Vatican crackdown

    The pope warns against letting the civil divorce rate dictate the number of 'decrees of nullity.'

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    March 20, 2010

    Philanthropist will enhance donations to local ministry

    PORTLAND — Grace-Street Ministry, a nonprofit organization working through Stevens Avenue Congregational Church, has been selected to participate in this year’s Feinstein Challenge. For 13 years, Alan Feinstein, a Rhode Island philanthropist, has divided $1 million among agencies serving the hungry and poor. Through April 30, any donation to Grace-Street Ministry will be enhanced by a […]

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    March 6, 2010

    Religion Calendar

    Today Lenten Retreat, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with special guest Gerondisa Thekla of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Paragorittisa, Lachute, Quebec. St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 186 Bradley St., Saco. The retreat is free and open to the public. Donations to benefit the monastery are welcome. For details, call Elizabeth at 985-8692 or Donna […]

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    March 6, 2010

    Reflections: Hierarchy makes it hard to be Catholic

    Why am I still Catholic? The question is frequently asked, especially of late, in that I appear educated and am committed to social justice and human rights, while well, I’ll stop there. The easy answer is that I was raised in the South, where Catholics, a small minority, develop a proud defensiveness. At Notre Dame, […]

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    March 6, 2010

    Worship Spotlight: St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, Windham

    ADDRESS: 40 Windham Center Road. AFFILIATION/DENOMINATION: Episcopal, connected to the Diocese of Maine under the leadership of the Rt. Rev. Stephen T. Lane. HISTORY: In the summer of 1971, a group of Episcopalians gathered around the dining room table in the home of Bob and Kit Ogg. Jerry Koll, a lay reader, led Morning Prayer. […]

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    March 6, 2010

    Lutheran church welcomes gay, transgender people

    PORTLAND – St. Ansgar Evangelical Lutheran Church recently voted unanimously to become a Reconciling in Christ congregation. The vote was taken at the congregation’s annual meeting on Feb. 7. With the vote, St. Ansgar became the first congregation in Maine with RIC status. Lutheran churches in the Reconciling in Christ program incorporate into church documents […]

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    March 6, 2010
    CHIRAC

    Head scarf tests store policy

    How inclusive should employers be when a worker's appearance clashes with an image?