Prayer Service

A Tenebrae Service will be held on the Wednesday of Holy Week at Holy Family Church in Greenville.

A Tenenbrae service will be held on the Monday of Holy Week at 7:30 p.m. at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Norway.

A Tenebrae service will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Windham on the Monday of Holy Week at 7:30 p.m.

On the Wednesday of Holy Week, the Parish of the Holy Eucharist will offer a Tenebrae service at Sacred Heart Church in Yarmouth from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. 

Embracing a Passamaquoddy tradition that goes back more than 100 years, parishioners will gather on Good Friday for the blessing of the waters of Sipuhsis Brook, located at Peter Dana Point.

On Good Friday, we recall Christ’s Passion and death. It is the only day of the Church calendar on which Mass is not celebrated. Instead, we gather quietly to pray, both for ourselves and those around us; to listen to Scripture; and to venerate the cross.

One of the most beloved traditions for Polish Catholics, dating back to the early history of Poland, will be renewed with the blessing of Easter baskets at St. Louis Church on 279 Danforth Street in Portland on Holy Saturday, April 19, at noon. 

The Parish of the Holy Eucharist will hold a solemn celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday at Holy Martyrs of North America Church, 266 Foreside Road in Falmouth, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The celebration will begin with eucharistic adoration and include veneration of the Divine Mercy image, reading from St. Faustina’s diary, the recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, meditation, Litanies of the Sacred Heart and Divine Mercy, and Benediction. The opportunity for the sacrament of reconciliation begins at 1:30 pm and remains throughout the service.

All are invited to join faith formation children from Our Lady of Hope Parish for a May crowning ceremony, which will be held Sunday, May 4, immediately following the 9:30 a.m. Mass at St. Pius X Church.

Children will participate in a May Crowning ceremony in the newly renovated Mary Garden at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church on Sunday, May 4, at 1 p.m.