DENVER In a step toward possible sainthood, the remains of a former slave have been moved to a Catholic cathedral in Denver, where people lined up Wednesday to honor her and pray for her help. Many touched the glass covering of a wooden chest holding the exhumed skull and other bones of Julia Greeley, a […]

BRUNSWICK St. John’s Catholic School, located on 37 Pleasant St. in Brunswick, has been named the winner of a Gizmo Garden Fund grant. The school will receive $7,250 to start a robotics program at the school. The Gizmo Garden Fund provides financial grants that empower teachers, librarians and after-school leaders to carry out gender-balanced projects […]

Guest Writer You know you’ve lost your mind when you can’t believe what you know is true. For several years, doctors in a new city had been trying to manage my bipolar disorder with new medicines. In my old hometown, I’d taken one medicine “as needed” for a dozen years. Now, they were testing one […]

BRUNSWICK Parents of children with special needs are invited to a discussion centered on how All Saints Parish can support parents and foster the active participation of all children in the faith community. The meeting will be held on Saturday, June 17, at 10 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church on 132 McKeen St. in […]

ORR’S ISLAND — On Sunday, June 4, Rev. Katharine Babson will preside over the service at All Saint’s Chapel, located at 9 Cooper Lane, off Harpswell Islands Road/Route 24 on Orr’s Island. The following Sunday, June 11, Rev. H. Roy Partridge, Jr. will preside. Services take place at the church at 9 a.m. Sundays, through […]

GENOA, Italy Pope Francis highlighted the struggles that workers face in a globalized economy with a visit Saturday to a troubled steel factory in Genoa, where he stressed how jobs give people a sense of human dignity and denounced those who exploit workers. The visit put a focus on the plight of those whose lives […]

At 18, I had plans for my life. I’d meet my lifelong lover in college, stay at home and have babies, work and then we’d travel together in our twilight years. But life didn’t turn out at all as I thought it would. Instead of becoming a wife and mother, I lived briefly in Paraguay, […]

EDGECOMB Edgecomb Community Church, UCC will be holding its ninth annual celebration of rhubarb on Rhubarb Sunday, June 4. After the 9:30 a.m. worship service rhubarb crisp, topped with vanilla ice cream, will be served. The public is invited to join the celebration. Edgecomb Community Church is located at 15 Cross Point Road in Edgecomb […]

“He shall judge between nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.” Isaiah 2:4 Memorial Day This weekend marks Memorial Day when, in grateful remembrance, we place flowers and […]

VATICAN CITY Handshakes, gifts, friendly small talk and big hopes for peace. Setting aside past differences and rude comments aside, President Donald Trump and Pope Francis put a determinedly positive face on their first meeting Wednesday at the Vatican. The two global leaders, vastly different in temperament and views of the world, talked seriously and […]