March 4, 2024

Bishop Brown from the House of Bishops

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February 27, 2024

April 2024 Total Eclipse in Maine

by Mary Beth DiMarco

Eclipse News from Houlton Join Church of the Good Shepherd in Houlton, Maine to see one of the true wonders of living in this solar system of God’s creation! In celebration of the total eclipse...

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February 24, 2024

Diocesan Staff Update

by The Rt. Rev. Thomas James Brown

22 February 2024 Dear Friends, Grace and peace be with you!  I believe the collaboration among the Dioceses of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont is a gift from God, and we will continue to collaborate...

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February 21, 2024

A Message for Lent 2024

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February 5, 2024

2024 Weekly Legislative Update #3

by John Hennessy

February 5, 2024 LD 780 – RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Protect Personal Reproductive Autonomy was voted out of the Judiciary Committee with a divided report. Democrats on the committee supported...

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January 30, 2024

2024 Weekly Legislative Update #2

by John Hennessy

January 28, 2024 The legislative committees continue to hold public hearings and work on bills at a very quick pace although not necessarily on bills we are working on. Read the legislative report here. Remember,...

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January 16, 2024

2024 Weekly Legislative Update #1

by John Hennessy

January 15, 2024 The second session of the Maine Legislature is off and running. Having carried over a record number of bills from the first session and adding another 100 or so “Emergency” bills, every...

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January 11, 2024

The Gun Safety Day of Action, and What’s Next

by Susan Sherrill Axelrod

Dozens of Episcopalians were among the hundreds of Mainers gathered at the Maine State House in Augusta on January 3—the first day of the new legislative session—to press for gun safety reform. Among them was...

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December 20, 2023

Episcopal Diocese of Maine will affiliate with the Wabanaki Alliance Tribal Coalition

by The Rt. Rev. Thomas James Brown

Letter from Bishop Brown to members of the Climate Justice Council, Committee on Indian Relations, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, and Racial Justice Council, Diocesan Council, Standing Committee, and diocesan staff: 20 December 2023, an Ember Day...

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November 1, 2023

A Pastoral Word from Bishop Brown

by The Rt. Rev. Bishop Thomas James Brown

A Pastoral Word from Bishop Thomas Brown to the Episcopal Diocese of Maine in the wake of the mass shooting in Lewiston 27 October 2023 On Wednesday evening, our beloved community of Lewiston joined the...

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