Maine’s faith communities grapple with responding to opioid epidemic

Dave Guthro | Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland

Bishop Robert P. Deeley, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, addresses the nearly 500 people last year who attended an interfaith opioid healing service at St. John Catholic Church in Bangor.

Maine’s faith communities this month are grappling with how they can and should respond to the opioid crisis that continues to claim about one life every day to an accidental overdose.

Religious leaders in Greater Bangor, along with policymakers and treatment provides, will gather Thursday at St. John Catholic Church on York Street for the Second Annual Healing Service. The first was held in April 2018.

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