Today Lenten Retreat, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., with special guest Gerondisa Thekla of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Paragorittisa, Lachute, Quebec. St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 186 Bradley St., Saco. The retreat is free and open to the public. Donations to benefit the monastery are welcome. For details, call Elizabeth at 985-8692 or Donna […]
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Head scarf tests store policy
How inclusive should employers be when a worker’s appearance clashes with an image?
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Reflections: Hierarchy makes it hard to be Catholic
Why am I still Catholic? The question is frequently asked, especially of late, in that I appear educated and am committed to social justice and human rights, while well, I’ll stop there. The easy answer is that I was raised in the South, where Catholics, a small minority, develop a proud defensiveness. At Notre Dame, […]
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Lutheran church welcomes gay, transgender people
PORTLAND – St. Ansgar Evangelical Lutheran Church recently voted unanimously to become a Reconciling in Christ congregation. The vote was taken at the congregation’s annual meeting on Feb. 7. With the vote, St. Ansgar became the first congregation in Maine with RIC status. Lutheran churches in the Reconciling in Christ program incorporate into church documents […]
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Rearranging the furniture mirrors life
In our 1928 Dutch Colonial, there are old cast-iron radiators, and in the long, narrow living room, there is one long radiator beneath a double window. The vestibule opens right across from the door to the kitchen, and there really is no way not to have that divide the space into one small space to […]
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Faith complicates mom’s life-or-death decision
WASHINGTON – Maribel Perez breathes in short puffs, panting almost, through a hole cut into her trachea and covered demurely with a patch of white gauze. Clear tubes connected to a noisy machine in the living room of her small Alexandria, Va., apartment pump pure oxygen into her nostrils. Twice in the past two years, […]
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Religion Calendar
This Weekend Labyrinth Weekend, 10th anniversary with workshops and open walks. All events are free. Open walk times are noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Workshops are: ”Labyrinth 101,” 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday; ”Right Brain/Left Brain and the Labyrinth with Mandala Making,” 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday; ”Introduction […]
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Worship Spotlight: Peoples United Methodist Church
HISTORY: The first Methodist society was formed in 1839, led by the Rev. Jesse Stone in ”Point Village” (Willard Square), then part of Cape Elizabeth. In the late 1840s, this church split to become two congregations, one on Route 77 and the other in Ferry Village, which was named the Peoples Methodist Church in 1888. […]
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Churches moving to divest from fossil fuels
Supporters say religious divestment could pressure fossil fuel companies doing business as usual.