All are welcome. The service aims to support those bereaving for a deceased loved one and will include a guest speaker, the lighting of candles, sharing, prayers, and blessings for the souls of the faithful departed.

The Festival of Lessons and Carols will be held at the Church of the Holy Cross, 124 Cottage Road in South Portland, on Monday, December 2, at 6:30 p.m.

Bishop Robert Deeley will celebrate Mass at St. John the Baptist Church on 39 Pleasant Street in Brunswick at 11 a.m. to launch Catholic Schools Week across Maine.

Bishop Deeley will visit the students, staff, and faculty at Holy Cross School in South Portland from 9 a.m. to noon.

Sunday, November 13, is the World Day of the Poor, a day established by Pope Francis in 2017 for Catholics to "reflect on how poverty is at the very heart of the Gospel." The theme for 2022 is "For your sakes, Christ became poor" (2 Cor 8:9).