Don't miss this presentation. Help celebrate the Eucharistic Revival in America. Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist is a new feature film that you will preview before it's release in June. Showings: Tues. April 30, 2pm. Sunday, May 5, after the 11am Mass. 30 to 45 minutes of your time Click here for the schedule and additional information.
Healing Service in Brunswick: Fr. Richard Rice will lead a special healing service at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 132 McKeen St., Brunswick, on Sunday, April 14 at 1:30 p.m. Fr. Rice will be available to pray for each person who wants prayer and will be assisted by a prayer team from our parish. All are welcome to join us. For more information, email [email protected].
Bereavement Support Group, St. John Paul II Parish: The parish will host weekly meetings for adults at Holy Cross Church, 124 Cottage Road in South Portland from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. beginning Wednesday, April 10 through Wednesday, May 29. This program will be led by Rita Thompson, funeral coordinator for St. John Paul II Parish, and parishioner Patricia Campbell, a volunteer facilitator at the Dempsey Center and longtime volunteer grief & loss group facilitator at the Cancer Community Center in South Portland (now the Dempsey Center). For more information, please visit https:// jp2me.org/bereavement-group.
The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord: Thursday, May 9, 2024. This is a holy day of obligation. Funeral and nuptial/wedding Masses are not permitted. In cases of necessity, funeral services apart from Mass can take place in the church, at the funeral home, or at the cemetery on Ascension Thursday. St Anthony of Padua Parish schedule to follow.
Season of Easter 2024: Easter Duty: In the dioceses of the United States, the obligation to receive holy Communion at least once a year may be satisfied from the First Sunday of Lent (February 18/19) to Most Holy Trinity Sunday (May 25/26). For a just cause, the Easter duty may be fulfilled at some other time of the year (Canon 920).