St. Mary of the Visitation Parish will host its annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner in St. Anthony’s Hall, 110 Military Street in Houlton, on Monday, March 17, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Fr. Michael Sevigny, OFM Cap., will preside at a healing service in Spanish at Holy Family Church, located on 607 Sabattus Street in Lewiston, on Friday, March 31, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and all are welcome to gather.
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.
The Easter Sunday Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord is celebrated with great joy and music. “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad!”
The Missale Romanum reminds us that the Easter Vigil is the "mother of all vigils," the "greatest and most noble of all solemnities."
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.
Holy Thursday marks the beginning of the sacred Easter Triduum, which culminates with the celebration of Easter.