BRUNSWICK — All families in the greater Brunswick, Bath, and Topsham area are invited to gather together at the Family Resource Fair on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon on the front lawn of the St. John the Baptist Church campus located on 37 Pleasant St. in Brunswick. The event will be hosted by All […]

Guest post My child finds a nickel forgotten on the ground. He picks it up and with shining eyes tosses it haphazardly into the air. The coin crashes back to the ground and rolls away. “Heads or tails, mom?” he shouts, racing after it. There are two sides to every coin. Two sides to every […]

“Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he had been known to them in the breaking of the bread.” Luke 24:35 Brokenness We all experience some form of brokenness during our lifetimes, a broken bone, a broken promise, broken relationships, or a broken heart. Life can take its toll on all […]

PORTLAND Bishop Robert P. Deeley has announced the following priest assignment, effective immediately: • Fr. Timothy J. Nadeau, currently pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston, has been appointed pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Lisbon Falls and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Sabattus, which also includes St. Francis Church in Greene. […]

BRUNSWICK “Do you want to be the pope one day?” “But then I wouldn’t be able to visit you!” Bishop Deeley responded to the third grader from St. John’s Catholic School in Brunswick. “I like being in Maine. I came and I like it. This is where I want to be.” From being treated to […]

When I became a mother, I had no idea where this journey would lead. I was prepared for the pain of childbirth but not for all the pain that came after — from too-hard hugs and shattered heirlooms to achingly empty arms and fragmented hearts. Neither did I imagine the joys and gifts ahead, some […]

DENVER A Mexican man who once sought sanctuary from deportation in a Colorado church was detained by federal immigration agents Wednesday morning as he went to a warehouse to get tile to install on a job, his wife said Wednesday. Arturo Hernandez has one daughter who is a U.S. citizen and a second protected from […]

Surrendering Most of us view surrender in a negative way. It means we have lost the battle and we are forced to give ourselves over to the power of another. It is a loss of freedom and control. But what about the battle that may be going on inside of us? Most of us are […]

BRUNSWICK As part of its 300 Years On The Way celebration, First Parish Church is inviting the public to meet Diana Butler Bass, nationally known author, religion and culture scholar lecturer and preacher during her time at First Parish Church in Brunswick May 6 and 7. Her focus will be in the changing perspectives of […]