PORTLAND — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland has withdrawn from the Maine Council of Churches over a recent change in how the council decides to take public stands on issues, including those affecting the LGBTQ community. The council in February voted to end an unwritten policy that the council would not take public stands […]
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Portland Diocese to offer new program, 'Totus Tuus,' for youth
PORTLAND — Six communities in the Diocese of Portland are partnering with the diocese’s Office of Vocations to offer Totus Tuus (“Totally Yours”) for the first time in Maine this summer. Totus Tuus is a summer program for first- to 12th-graders that is led by a team of college students and a diocesan seminarian. The […]
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National speakers, music group to highlight Maine Catholic Women’s Conference
PORTLAND — Dynamic speakers and music, a special Mass and other community-building activities will help hundreds of women in strengthening their faith at the Maine Catholic Women’s Conference set for 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay. In 2017, over 330 women, from teens to seniors, attended […]
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Holy Savior students shred slopes with bishop
RUMFORD — The slopes of Black Mountain were a winter playground Friday for Bishop Robert Deeley and students of Holy Savior Catholic school. “I ski because if you get on top of the snow, it can’t get on top of you,” Deeley said. As part of National Catholic Schools Week, the bishop of the Roman […]