SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said today it believes North Korea remains committed to improving relations despite strongly criticizing Seoul over ongoing U.S.- South Korean military drills and insisting it will not return to talks unless its grievances are resolved. South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Baek Tae-hyun said Seoul expects North Korea to […]
May 2018
Chile’s bishops resign en masse over abuse cover-up
VATICAN CITY Every Chilean bishop offered to resign today over a sex abuse and cover-up scandal, in the biggest shakeup ever in the Catholic Church’s long-running abuse saga. The bishops announced at the end of an emergency summit with Pope Francis that all 31 active bishops and three retired ones in Rome had signed a […]
Car show to benefit Lisbon food pantry
DURHAM Lisbon Area Christian Outreach’s annual benefit car show, hosted by Yankee Cruisers Car Club, will take place Saturday, June 2, at Shiloh Chapel in Durham. Registration will take place from 8-11 a.m. The event, which will include crafters and food, will benefit LACO’s food pantry program. “Summer is especially hard for families when free […]
Faith Notes
I have an internal narrator. We all do: Those sometimes pesky little thoughts that swirl through our minds, predicting and projecting information about our life. Why that jerk cut you off in traffic. Whether a coworker or family member likes or dislikes you. How a particular event or activity will go. But how reliable are […]
Totus Tuus coming to six locations this summer
PORTLAND Six communities in the Diocese of Portland will offer the Totus Tuus — “Totally Yours” — program for the first time in Maine. The weeklong summer program for first to 12th graders, led by a team of college students and a diocesan seminarian, demonstrates living the Catholic faith and passes it on to participating […]
All Saints’ Chapel announces 2018 clergy schedule
ORR’S ISLAND All Saints’ Chapel has announced its schedule of clergy that will lead its services through September. The chapel opens for the summer on Sunday, June 3, with Rev. H. Roy Partridge Jr.; its final service will take place Sunday, September 30. The schedule is as follows: June 3 — Rev. H. Roy […]
Living the Word
“God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” — Romans 5:5 Celebrating Pentecost Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Easter, commemorates the receiving of the Holy Spirit by the early church, and it is sometimes referred to as the birthday of the church. The disciples were […]
Michigan cross removed from state land after complaint
GRASS LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. A large white cross that’s been in Jackson County for nearly 70 years has been taken down after a complaint over the religious symbol standing on stateowned land. The Michigan Association of Civil Rights Activists asked the state Department of Natural Resources to remove the Grass Lake Ministerial Association’s cross in […]
Timothy J. Sheehan
BRUNSWICK — Timothy J. Sheehan, age 71, died Tuesday May 15, 2018 at Maine Medical Center, Portland. He was born January 15, 1947 in Queens, NY a son of John and Gloria (Moran) Sheehan. He was a graduate of James Wilson Young HS, Long Island and New Hampshire College. On September 19, 1970, he married […]
Frederick E. Vose Jr.
Frederick E. Vose Jr., 86, passed away peacefully on May 12th, at the Maine Veterans Home in South Paris, after a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Frederick was born on June 18, 1931, in Marshfield, Maine. He was the son of the late Frederick Vose, Sr. and Thelma Olsen Vose. Frederick shared his life […]