BATH — St. Mary Church will host a yard sale on Oct. 10, with bargains filling two garages. The sale will take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church’s parking lot, 144 Lincoln St. in Bath. A rain date has been set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct. 10. Shoppers are […]
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Bowdoinham man selected to lead LDS Church region
AUGUSTA — Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Greater Portland area gathered online to welcome a new area stake president and two counselors to preside over 11 ward and branch congregations, according to a LDS Church news release. The stake, a collection of wards within the LDS Church, is […]
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Brunswick Knights of Columbus donate $12,000 toward technology at St. John’s Catholic School
BRUNSWICK — Students at St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick will get Chromebooks thanks to a donation from the Knights of Columbus Sekenger Council No. 1947. The school, at 37 Pleasant St., opened for in-person learning in late August with the capacity to offer remote learning to students who aren’t returning to the classroom at […]
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Faith notes: Crisis-level hunger
One in ten. In a worst-case scenario, that’s how many people around the globe are projected to go hungry this year, according to the United Nations. “By the end of the year, as many as 12,000 people could die a day from hunger linked to COVID-19, potentially more than those perishing from the virus itself,” […]
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Religious tourism has been hit hard in the pandemic as sites close and pilgrimages are put on hold
THE CONVERSATION — Religious tourism is among the oldest forms of planned travel and to this day remains a huge industry. About 300 to 330 million tourists visit the world’s key religious sites every year, according to a 2017 estimate. Some 600 million national and international religious trips are made around the world, generating around US$18 billion in global […]
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Schools looking for space could turn to churches to host classes – doing so has a rich history
THE CONVERSATION — Could places of worship ease the burden of schools looking to reopen while giving students space to social distance? It might not be such an outlandish suggestion. With space at a premium and places of worship still empty amid concerns of coronavirus spread, some education experts are actively promoting the idea. In New […]
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Drive-in cookbook sale at the UU Church of Brunswick
The UU Church of Brunswick will begin selling next month a cookbook comprised of recipes from church members. Money raised from sales will go toward printing costs and church programming. The spiral-bound cookbook costs $10 and features 250 recipes. The book also contains cooking hints along with a few colored pictures of the church and […]
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Faith Notes: The highlight of summer
“And this is where my porch swing will go,” I told anyone and everyone who stopped by my house to check my husband’s progress on our front porch. In truth, I wasn’t sure whether a swing would fit in the narrow alcove at the end of the porch Dana was building – let alone whether […]
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The Conversation: God can be hurt, but not in the way Trump claims
THE CONVERSATION — President Trump claimed recently that the prospect of a Biden presidency would “hurt God.” More specifically, he said, Biden would be “following the radical left agenda, take away your guns, destroy your Second Amendment, no religion, no anything, hurt the Bible, hurt God. He’s against God. He’s against guns.” With this speech, delivered […]
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Brunswick, Newcastle parish help connect seniors with resources
BRUNSWICK — Catholic Charities Maine’s Independent Support Services and SEARCH (Seek Elderly Alone – Renew Courage and Hope) programs connect isolated seniors with community volunteers and “home makers” in Androscoggin, Kennebec, Sagadahoc and Somerset counties, as well as parts of Franklin, Lincoln and Oxford counties, along with Brunswick and Harpswell in Cumberland County. The seniors […]