April 24, 2024

Award Winning Documentary “The Philadelphia Eleven” Coming to Portland

The Episcopal Diocese of Maine will be screening “The Philadelphia Eleven” in person, in Portland, Maine on Tuesday, May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Nickelodeon Cinemas (1 Temple St.) in Portland at 7 p.m....

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February 10, 2023

Bowen receives 2023 Kany Award for work with Seeds of Hope

Excerpted transcript of remarks by Bill Kany, son of the award’s namesake, from the award presentation “The criteria is to be a person who has done a great deal to benefit our communities over a...

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January 13, 2023

Cathedral Dean leaving Portland after 18 years of service

The Very Rev. Dr. Benjamin Shambaugh, Dean of St. Luke’s Cathedral will complete 18 years of service to the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, the City of Portland, and the state and Episcopal Diocese of...

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June 6, 2022

Canon to the Ordinary’s sabbatical results in formation of Restoration Laos

by The Rev. Michael Ambler

I fell in love with the tiny, distant country of Laos about twelve years ago, when I first visited on vacation. Laos is a sliver of mountain and river, with Vietnam on one side and...

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February 23, 2022

Interview with The Rev. Amanda Gerken-Nelson

St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, Yarmouth introduces the congregation to their new Priest in Charge, Amanda Gerken-Nelson in this short video.

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January 24, 2022

Canon to the Ordinary’s 2022 sabbatical

by The Rev. Cn. Michael Ambler

Over the last several years I have been working on a plan to support the work of clearing unexploded ordnance in Laos. Laos is a small country in between Thailand and Vietnam and is profoundly...

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March 14, 2021

Coast Guard Auxiliary Chaplain Support (ACS)

by The Very Rev. Dr. Benjamin Shambaugh

USCG Auxiliary Casco Bay Flotilla “The 2-1 ACS” “Semper Paratus – Always Ready”. That’s the proud motto of the United States Coast Guard, the guardians of our Nation’s maritime safety and security. The Coast Guard...

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