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Season of Creation Celebrated with Ecumenical Service in Houlton
Under the leadership of Earth Keeper Christy Fitzpatrick, Good Shepherd, Houlton hosted an ecumenical service at the town amphitheater in Monument Park to start off the Season of Creation. There were about 40 in attendance,...
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St. Mary’s Sparkles Christmas Fair
Our curated fair features: our bake sale, food gifts including homemade pickles and preserves, antiques, collectibles, fresh wreaths and boxwood trees!
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Attend Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe’s Online Service of Investiture on Nov. 2
Join the Churchwide Virtual Celebration In this historic and joyful season, we invite you to pray for guidance for our church and our new presiding bishop as he leads us in envisioning the reign of...
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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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Resources for Preparing Testimony Against Anti-Trans Bills Before Maine State House
On Thursday, May 8, numerous anti-trans bills will be introduced before the Judiciary Committee at the Maine State House, and the the Maine Council of Churches (MCC) is urging people of faith to show their...
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A Season of Prayer for an Election
Let us come together across the church to offer a novena for discernment in voting and for the well-being of our nation. Starting October 29 and continuing through the day after the election, we invite...
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Dio Maine Cooks: Baked Fish Chowder
The Communications Department launched “Dio Maine Cooks: Recipes and Stories from Vintage Church Cookbooks” in January 2025 as a way to explore the history of Maine’s Episcopal churches through the cookbooks in our diocesan archives....
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Tri-Dio Sacred Ground Circles Returning this Fall
Sacred Ground: An Exploration of Race and Faith is again being offered by the three dioceses of Northern New England on Zoom starting this fall. This is an 11-session curriculum developed by The Episcopal Church...
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It’s an Open-Door Policy Between Bridging the Gap and Emmanuel Lutheran
On a Tuesday morning in late April, the former parish hall at Augusta’s Emmanuel Lutheran Episcopal Church is arranged much like a boutique, welcoming visitors to browse through carefully organized racks and baskets of gently...
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Diocesan Staff Launches New Parish Visitation Program
Offering Maine Episcopal congregations practical assistance and spiritual encouragement is a collective mission of the diocesan staff, and we continually look for ways to better serve our churches. So, in December 2025 we decided to...