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A Civil Discourse Primer: Building Capacity for Engaging on Tough Topics

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Election season is a time to emphasize not only voting but how voting is part of a year-round practice of civic engagement. This engagement is where we as individuals can invest in our communities by...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at St. Elizabeth’s Jubilee Center

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Sacred Spaces, Sustainable Future: A Clean Energy Webinar for Parishes

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If your church is considering or in the process of installing solar panels, heat pumps, or other clean energy solutions, you are invited to join Lawyers for Good Government for a webinar titled “Sacred Spaces,...
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Feast Day of Absalom Jones

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Sacred Songs and Readings Service

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Sacred Songs & Readings: The Lord’s Prayer 3 pm Sunday, November 13 There will be a Sacred Songs and Readings service on November 13, exploring the great prayer that Jesus taught us. The genesis of...
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Communities for Spiritual Vitality Information Session

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The Communities for Spiritual Vitality is an initiative of gratitude, hope, and joy offered as a source of renewal for laity with roles of leadership or service in parishes with part-time or shared clergy support....
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Walking Together for World Refugee Sunday

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St. Mary’s in Falmouth invites all “Walking Together” parishes and parishioners to join a gathering in celebration and recognition of World Refugee Sunday. Speakers from Catholic Charities and In Her Presence—both in Portland—will provide an...
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Diocese Working with Government Agencies to Address Current Homelessness Crisis

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Update February 20, 2023 Jane Field of the Maine Council of Churches and I participated in a call with state officials from the Governor’s office, the Department of Health and Human Services, Portland legislators, the...
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A pastoral word from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on the death of Tyre Nichols

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"Jesus once told a story to teach about what it looks like to love one’s neighbor, which Moses and Jesus both said is a commandment of God. It’s a story about a man beaten nearly to death and left on the side of the road to die by people who knew what Moses taught about love for God and neighbor—and what the prophet Micah taught when he said that God requires three things of us: to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God." Presiding Bishop Michael Curry