Saturday Year of Consecrated Life, 7:30 a.m., Notre Dame Brothers Congregation Day, Feast of Mary’s Assumption with Mass followed by rosary. Brothers of Christian Instruction, Shaker Hill, Alfred. Messiah’s Mansion, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., a full-scale replica of the wilderness temple that was built by the Israelites shortly after they left Egypt, as noted […]

This concept is the essence of both grace and reality.

The move signals growing impatience in some sectors with the Orthodox rabbinate’s tight grip on aspects of daily life.

Aug. 8 Yard and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., West Gorham Union Church, 190 Ossipee Trial, Route 25, Gorham. Yard sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, Peoples United Methodist Church, 310 Broadway, South Portland. Jumble (English-style yard sale), 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., St. George Episcopal Church, 1 Emerson St., […]