The Maine Red Claws will be hosting “Faith and Family Night” on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. when the team plays host to division rival Erie. The evening will include a pre-game performance by the Grammy-nominated Christian Rock band, Kutless. Formed in 1999, Kutless has released seven studio albums and sold more than two million records. Fans with tickets to the game will be granted access to the pre-game concert, which will take place from 4:15-5:15 pm. Tickets for “Faith and Family Night” are still available and can be purchased at the Red Claws’ front office, 413 Congress St., Portland, by calling 210-6655 or visiting www.maineredclaws.com. Tickets start as low as $6. The Red Claws have been the minor league affiliate of the Boston Celtics since their inaugural season of 2009-10.
“Muslim-Catholic Dialogue and the Challenge of America’s Polity, Values and Culture,” a lecture by Dr. Daniel P. Sheridan, will be presented at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine, on Whites Bridge Road in Standish on Wednesday, Feb. 5, as the school’s second Cultural Affairs Series event of 2014. Sheridan is a professor of theology at the college. His presentation addresses how Catholics and Muslims in Western Europe and North America face similar issues as the transcendent claims of their faiths are called into question. United in dialogue, Sheridan says, the two faiths can share how they live with and thrive in a culture of secular polity. The presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. in Saint Joseph’s College’s Viola George Auditorium, in Harold Alfond Hall. The event is free and open to the public. The Cultural Affairs Series continues with two additional events: “All Standing: The True Story of Hunger, Rebellion and Survival Aboard the Jeanie Johnston,” with author Kathryn Miles on March 19, and “Baseball: The Writers’ Sport,” with Saint Joseph’s professor of English Dr. Edward Rielly, March 31. Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s only Catholic liberal arts college. For more information, visit www.sjcme.edu.
Seacoast Chapel will begin a new GriefShare session beginning Tuesday, Feb. 18. This weekly seminar/support group will meet each Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at Seacoast Chapel, 228 Buxton Road, Saco. Call 282-3000 for more information.
A grief support group will begin March 5 at at VNA Home Health Hospice, 50 Foden Road in South Portland, with meetings scheduled for Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m., through April 9. This will be a closed group (same group of people meeting for the six sessions) that works best if participants are able to attend all sessions. For more information or to sign up for the group, call Linda Hopkins, bereavement coordinator, at 400-8714 or email hopkinsl@vnahomehealth.org.
An interview with former Patriots running back and three-time Super Bowl champion, Patrick Pass, will be shown at Next Level Church in Portland on Super Bowl weekend, Sunday, Feb. 2, at 10 a.m. Pass will be interviewed by Lead Pastor Joshua Gagnon about his playing career with the Patriots, his spirituality and more. All are welcome to attend this free event. The church is giving away signed Patriots memorabilia at every service this weekend across all of its locations. Pass was drafted in 2000 and played running back for the New England Patriots, Houston Texans and New York Giants before retiring in 2009. Pass was part of three World Championships with the Patriots and participated in four Super Bowls. He was recently named the head coach of the Boston Freedom Fighter, a professional football team in Boston. For more information on Next Level Church, visit: www.nlc.tv or contact event coordinator Nichole Winship at 603-312-8524 or nikki@nlc.tv.
The annual Souper Bowl of Caring, a weekend of giving and serving, will take place on Saturday, Feb. 1 and Sunday, Feb. 2, in which 100 percent of the monetary and food donations collected will be given to local charities.
After Masses this weekend, teens will be at the entrances of all Parish of the Ascension of the Lord worship sites ”“ St. Christopher in York; St. Raphael in Kittery; and Our Lady of the Angels in South Berwick ”“ with soup pots to collect money for local food pantries.
Good Shepherd Parish youth, along with the parish’s Social Justice & Peace Commission, will collect food donations at Most Holy Trinity Church in Saco, St. Joseph Church in Biddeford, St. Margaret Church in Old Orchard Beach, and St. Philip Church in Lyman. The proceeds will be donated to multiple food pantries.
Several other parishes in the Diocese of Portland will be participating in the event this weekend. Contact your local parish for more information. Since its inception in 1990, churches across America have raised more than $90 million for soup kitchens, food pantries and other charities through the Souper Bowl of Caring.
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