BRUNSWICK — St. Charles Church in Brunswick will host a St. Patrick’s Day Party on Saturday 7-9 p.m. There will be live music, Irish soda bread, tea, coffee and desserts, traditional Irish dance, raffle drawing and silent auction. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children and $25 maximum per family. The proceeds from the […]

My husband died Dec. 20, 2015. I still feel much pain. This morning I was playing “There’s a Sweet Spirit in This Place,” on my piano keyboard. I stopped and thanked God for His “Sweet Spirit.” I remembered back to many times in the past when I have basked in God’s “Sweet Spirit.” I do […]

Men, women, and children will present the Living Stations of the Cross at Catholic churches and schools around Maine leading up to Easter Sunday, March 27. The Stations of the Cross began as the practice of pious pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem to retrace the final journey of Jesus Christ to Calvary. They have been prayed […]

“For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.” Matthew 6:14a Seeking Forgiveness Why do we find it so hard to forgive? Do we consider it a sign of weakness to let the other person off the hook so easily? Or do we look at it as a loss of […]

PORTLAND From Monday, March 14, to Friday, March 18, all Maine Catholics are invited to experience God’s love, mercy, and forgiveness through the sacrament of reconciliation (confession). “The Light is On and the Door of Mercy is Open for You” represents the multiple opportunities for confession being offered by parishes throughout the diocese. During this […]

BRUNSWICK The Roman Catholic Church’s initiative, “The Light is On for You” highlights the importance of receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Penance/Confession), the source of God’s mercy and healing love, in the life of Catholics. During this Jubilee Year of Mercy the Diocese of Portland Maine makes the practice more available by opening the doors […]

Statisticians often assert that Maine is the least religious state in the nation. Ours is the only state where less than 30 percent of the populations belongs to a center of worship, and a recent Pew study found that just 40 percent of Mainers pray daily. Does this mean that the majority of us aren’t […]

VATICAN CITY The Vatican newspaper praised Oscar-winning film “Spotlight” on Monday as having given voice to the “profound pain” of the faithful over the reality of clerical sex abuse, and insisted it’s not an anti-Catholic film. L’Osservatore Romano dedicated two articles in its afternoon editions to the Academy Awards and the Best Picture won by […]

LISBON — St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Lisbon is offering a free women’s seminar, “Just be Held,” led by the Rev. Allison Vander- Linden on March 19, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. “ Do you struggle with anxiety, grief, anger, boredom, loneliness?” Vander- Linden said in a press release. “Join us as we discover how […]

NEW ALBANY, Ind. The cloth labyrinth was laid out near the doors of New Albany’s Centenary United Methodist Church, surrounded by lit candles and soothing music. That is where it will stay through the season of Lent. The three people walking the labyrinth on this winter afternoon seemed deep in thought and prayer, forgetting about […]