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Holy Curiosity: A Message From the Bishops of Northern New England

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Dear Episcopalians of Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, Today we celebrated a new milestone! Episcopalians from across Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire met on Zoom today for Maine’s Spring Training event, and during the program,...

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Holy Eucharist with Reaffirmation of Vows and Consecration of Chrism Worship Bulletin – 8 April 2025

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Liturgical Remarks Since 2023, we have crafted this liturgy from The Book of Occasional Services 2022 (BOS) in which the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music made considerable changes to “Consecration of Chrism Apart from...

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Bishops Beyond Borders: A Video Conversation

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25 March 2025 A time of conversation, fellowship, and prayer among the Anglican/Episcopal bishops of Maine, Montreal, New Hampshire, Quebec, and Vermont, recorded last Friday during the annual meeting of the House of Bishops.  ...

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Episcopal Indigenous Justice Network Resources

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Resources and More Information Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery  The Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery calls on the Christian Church to address the extinction, enslavement, and extraction done in the name...

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Prayer for Peace in the Holy Land

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O God of life and love and peace, We witness the violence and injustice in your Holy Land And our hearts break. Our hearts break for the people of Palestine and Israel For the victims...

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Special Commission to Study Diocesan Investments (SCSDI)

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Convention adopted the resolution below (and here) regarding the investment of diocesan funds which asks the bishop to form a special commission to discuss the resolution, the ‘call to action’ attached to the resolution, and...

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Update on Use of the Common Cup

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24 March 2023 Dear Friends in Christ, The late theologian, Louis Weil wrote, “When the Christian community meets to do the whole eucharistic action in obedience to the Lord, he comes. He gives himself to...

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Bishop Brown asks leaders to discuss resuming pre-pandemic Eucharistic practices

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Excerpted from The Pine Tree Clergy Newsletter, 17 October 2022: “At clergy day on 27 September, I asked clergy who oversee congregations to begin conversations with lay leaders about when and how to resume pre-pandemic Eucharistic practices. I...

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Public Reading of MLK’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

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Committed to Listen took place in 2021 when political and faith leaders, including Episcopal Diocese of Maine Bishop Thomas Brown, gathered to read aloud the words of MLK's Letter form a Birmingham Jail.