Religion and Values

Published
April 10, 2010

Priests scarce as Catholics surge in N.C.

Burgeoning parishes find themselves borrowing help and parceling out priestly chores to laymen.
Published
April 3, 2010

Religion Calendar

Today Joyful Easter Celebration, 9 to 11 a.m., pancake breakfast and performance of original Easter skits created by the tweens and teens group of Joyful Harvest. Held at Second Congregational Church, 19 Crescent St., Biddeford. Free and open to all. For details, call Joyful Harvest at 286-9105. Sunday Easter sunrise services Biddeford Pool – […]
Published
April 3, 2010

Bishops urge worshippers to scrutinize candidates

LONDON — Senior Catholic bishops are urging British worshippers to carefully consider candidates’ policies toward marriage and abortion when they vote in the looming national election – a move likely to benefit the opposition Conservatives. In a guide to the election Wednesday, Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols urged voters to back lawmakers who “support marriage […]
Published
April 3, 2010

Worship Spotlight

ADDRESS: 3 Gray Road DENOMINATION/AFFILIATION: United Church of Christ HISTORY: At the time the church was organized in 1806, it was part of a parish that was supported by taxes levied on the townspeople. This practice ended when Maine became a state in 1820. The parish was dissolved in 1945, and the properties were given […]
Published
April 3, 2010

Reflections: Glimpses of the glories in this life

SOMETIMES, I THINK, we are so familiar with our Christian writings that they cease to get our attention. Do we truly grasp the reason for the celebrative sounds of Easter? That God raised Jesus from the dead – is that in fact a source of comfort and possibly a basis for laughter for us who […]

Published
April 3, 2010

Religion Dispatches

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Presbyterian Church trying to trim headquarters staff The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), struggling financially, is offering severance packages to about 30 employees at the denomination’s Louisville headquarters. The Courier-Journal reported that the denomination has been dealing with losses in members and churches over the last decade and now has sustained investment return losses. Church […]
Published
April 3, 2010

Pope’s preacher: Abuse furor equivalent to anti-Semitism

Jewish and victims’ groups express dismay, and the Vatican distances itself from the remarks.
Published
March 27, 2010

Reflections: Celebrating God’s might in our lives

When the Jews were in Egypt, they suffered under the cruel pharaoh. The people cried out to God, who struck Egypt with the 10 plagues and performed the wondrous miracle of splitting the Red Sea, guiding his people through the desert. Each year, Jews remember these events of the Hebrew Bible on the holiday of […]
Published
March 27, 2010

Religion Calendar

Today “The Women at the Foot of the Cross,” 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., free seminar for women with Allison VanderLinden, an ordained Presbyterian minister. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Route 196, Lisbon. Lenten Vigil for Disarmament, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., weekly through Lent. Bath Iron Works administration building, Washington Street, Bath. Musical Afternoon, 2 p.m., […]
Published
March 27, 2010

Confronting abortion on city streets

A motor home carrying ultrasound equipment and volunteers hits the road to serve the urban poor.

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