Wow, this church is stunning! In English, this is the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel or in French, Musee Culturel du Mont-Carmel, located in the top of Maine in the town of Lille.
Veterans Day is tomorrow, November 11th, 2020, and according to an email we received from Connie Hanson, it looks like several churches in Maine's Capital City will be tolling their bells 11 times in honor of all of those who have served. The idea is that the participating Augusta churches will toll their bells at approximately the same time beginning at 11 AM tomorrow and continue for 11 rings...
When Pastor Stephen Hayes of Covenant Church in Carrollton, Texas was 12 years old, he was hit by a car putting him in the hospital. At the time, his family was aided in paying off the medical bills with the help of his church. Years later he wanted to do the same thing...
New England is the least devout of all 50 States. As a matter of fact, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont are at the bottom the list compiled by pewresearch.org.
The annual Gallup 'State of the States' series which reveals state-by-state differences on political, economic, religion and well-being measures, showed that Maine residents are near the bottom of the list concerning weekly church attendance.
Pastor Tom McCracken of the Community Church in Salem, Virginia, was delivering a sermon to show everyone dies. He even went as far as to put a coffin on the pulpit to illustrate no one should fear death. He said, "It’s only through the casket we can experience the healing we long for
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At the small Church of San Pietro della Lenca in Italy, a vial of blood from Pope John Paul II was stolen recently. The break-in was discovered by a custodian this past Sunday and a region wide manhunt is underway. The thieves also stole a large crucifix along with the gold reliquary containing the vial of blood.