November 23, 2024
Religion

Religion in brief BAR HARBOR: SERVICE OF PRAYER

A requiem prayer service will be said for the Rev. Katrina Swanson at 5 p.m. today at St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church, 41 Mount Desert St. Swanson, an Episcopal priest, died Aug. 27 at her home in Manset village. She was 70. She was one of the “Philadelphia 11,” a group of women ordained in an irregular and controversial service on July 29, 1974. Next summer, Swanson’s family will hold a three-day program to honor her that will conclude with a funeral Mass. The Weekend for Liberty & Justice is scheduled to be held July 28-30, 2006, in Bar Harbor. Gifts in Swanson’s memory may be sent to Katrina’s Liberty & Justice Fund, c/o Theodore Fletcher, P.O. Box 8, Southwest Harbor 04679.


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