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New Orono mosque holds first open house

ORONO, Maine — In an opportunity to “Meet Your Muslim Neighbor,” guests were greeted with “a greeting of peace: the greeting of salaam. Assalamu Alaikum, peace be upon you all.” The new Islamic Center of Maine in Orono, or ICMO, completed in early January, held its first open house on Saturday, March 6. more

By Hina Hashmi | 3/13/10 | 655 views

Spiritual debt can be canceled

Debt. The very word can make the stomach churn. It can bind the mind like tight bands of steel. It can poison happy days with dread and fear. more

By Daryl Witmer | 3/13/10 | 1414 views

Living our faith, acting on beliefs best way to go

One of the primary tenets of all world religions is to treat others as you would like to be treated or to love your neighbor as you would wish to be loved. Easy to say. Hard to do. It is quite … more

By Rev. Becky Gunn
Special to the NEWS | 3/6/10 | 1406 views

Diocese lifting H1N1 flu measures

PORTLAND, Maine — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced Monday that the H1N1 flu precautions instituted last fall would be lifted in time for Holy Week. Beginning with the Vigil Mass … more

By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 3/2/10 | 1107 views

Larger mosque completed, open in Orono

ORONO — The original Islamic Center of Maine looks so much like a house that trick-or-treaters have knocked on the door, interrupting prayer services. That’s unlikely to happen at the new … more

By Judy Harrison
BDN Staff | 2/27/10 | 2911 views

Talking about faith and politics

A few columns back, I was chided by a reader for having called Rush Limbaugh a liar. This is a religion column, said my e-mailer, not a political one. But the question remains, can we separate the … more

By Lee Witting
Special to the NEWS | 2/27/10 | 393 views

French Canadian brother to be canonized

BANGOR, Maine — A French Canadian Roman Catholic brother reputed to have healing powers has been named one of six candidates who will be canonized saints by the Vatican later this year, Pope … more

By Dawn Gagnon
BDN Staff | 2/23/10 | 2834 views

Dover-Foxcroft church marks 150th anniversary

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — At a time when Abraham Lincoln was elected president and civil war was about to engulf the country, a group of people dedicated to the Methodist ministry constructed a brick … more

By Diana Bowley
BDN Staff | 2/22/10 | 618 views

Bishops' feeding-tube rule raises questions

CHICAGO — If ever Carol Gaetjens becomes unconscious with no hope of awakening, even if she could live for years in that state, she says she wants her loved ones to discontinue all forms of artificial life support. more

By Judith Graham
Chicago Tribune | 2/20/10 | 2584 views

Corinna pastor sets sights on orphanage in Zimbabwe

CORINNA, Maine — The Rev. Grace Mercy Mazhandu is a native of the African country of Zimbabwe, but it took another United Methodist Church pastor’s trip there to literally bring home to Mazhandu what the country has become. more

By Christopher Cousins
BDN Staff | 2/20/10 | 930 views