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.

All are welcome to create an Advent wreath for your home at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, located on 150 Black Point Road in Scarborough, on Sunday, December 1, at 11:30 a.m.

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).