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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....
Event
Empty Chairs: Remembering Lewiston One Year Later (Rangeley)
The Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley invites the community to a service of remembrance on the first anniversary of the Lewiston Shootings. The candle-light service will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, October...
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Praying in Advent with the O Antiphons
Today the O Antiphons begin. Part of the Church’s Advent prayer for at least 12 centuries, they employ seven images from the prophet Isaiah to engage us with the names and attributes of the Holy One whose...
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Bishop Brown’s Update on How We Are Helping Our Immigrant Neighbors
Feb. 3, 2026 You are a spectacular church! Thank you for all the ways you’re praying, giving, feeding, demonstrating, and loving our neighbors. You often hear me say “God has already given us everything we...
Staff Member
The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Brown
Bishop Brown is on sabbatical June 24 and through October 2026. While he is away, Bishop Brown will neither receive nor be able to respond to emails, phone calls, or texts. He plans to spend...
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Responsibilities of Trustees of Diocesan Funds
The Trustees of Diocesan Funds, as an entity created by statute, functions independent of the Bishop and the Diocesan Convention. The body is comprised of seven Trustees plus the Bishop. According to the By-Laws of...
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Special Commission to Study Diocesan Investments (SCSDI)
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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Recap of the 204th Diocesan Convention (2023)
The documents that make up the Journal of the 204th Annual Diocesan Convention can be accessed below: Agenda Budget Bishop Brown’s Address Rules of Order Consent Calendar Resolutions 1-3 Report from the Trustees of Diocesan...
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Faithful Givers Roadshow a Rousing Success
Clergy, wardens, treasurers, and others interested in church fundraising turned out in good numbers for the Faithful Givers Roadshow, held at St. John’s, Bangor on Friday, May 29 and St. Mary’s, Falmouth, on Saturday, May...
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Joyce Kennedy Joins the Diocese as Stewardship Advisor
Bishop Brown is pleased to announce the appointment of Joyce Kennedy to the new consultant position of Stewardship Advisor, which is underwritten by the Trustees of Diocesan Funds for a period of two years. In...