BENSALEM, PA. A Roman Catholic religious order announced Tuesday that it would sell its suburban Philadelphia estate and move the tomb of the second American born saint, a banker’s daughter who gave up her wealth to become a nun. The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, which was founded by St. Katharine Drexel in 1891, also […]

PORTLAND — Catholic Charities’ Parish Social Ministry program is pleased to announce eight parishes have been selected for this year’s Matthew 25 grant awards. Designed to support parishes in their efforts to serve vulnerable people in need, regardless of their faith affiliation, the grants totaling $15,000 will help parishes expand the capacity to serve more […]

LISBON — Lisbon United Methodist Church, 14 School St. in Lisbon Falls, will be holding its Annual Spring Plant and Bake Sale on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Patrons can make their own arrangements and select plants and a pot and make a personalized gift for Mother’s Day. There will also be handmade […]

BRUNSWICK Friends of Kakamega invites people to hear Pastor Nelson Ida at the Spring Gala and Fundraiser on Saturday, May 14 at McAvoys on the Green, at the Brunswick Golf Club, 165 River Road, Brunswick at 6:30 p.m. Ida is a Quaker pastor, administrator of the Kakamega Orphan Care Center Project and speaker who has […]

It isn’t often that a new voice comes along in publishing that haunts you with its raw, broken beauty and grace. Many nonfiction titles in the inspirational market fail to consider what it means to be a Christian in the midst of cultural challenges and suffering of the kind most Americans have never experienced. That […]

BANGOR The Maine supreme court has rejected the appeal of a former Greek Orthodox priest convicted of sexually abusing a child. The justices let the conviction of Adam Metropoulos stand on Thursday. The Bangor man is currently serving a 6 1/2-year sentence for four counts of sexual abuse of a minor. The 53-year-old Metropoulos was […]

AUGUSTA In what could be a blow to public access to State House proceedings, a Lisbon lawmaker is questioning whether legislative committee meetings should continue to be recorded and archived. Streamed online, the public meetings of the Legislature and its standing committees are available to anyone with an internet connection. The sessions are also digitally […]

Local potters throughout Maine have once again joined together to celebrate ceramics by opening their studios to visitors on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Created in 2011 to educate the public and to provide an opportunity for Maine’s robust ceramic artists to open their studio […]

HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA. Three Franciscan friars must stand trial on charges linked to their role in supervising a religious brother accused of molesting more than 100 children, nearly all of them at one Pennsylvania high school, a judge ruled Wednesday. The Revs. Giles Schinelli, Robert D’Aversa and Anthony Criscitelli are charged with child endangerment and conspiracy. […]