Our Lady of the Valley Parish will hold a Children’s Mass Play on Christmas Eve at 4 p.m. at St. Luce Church in Frenchville. Children in grades pre-K to 12 will be participating in the Mass and the Nativity play as Mary, Joseph, angels, shepherds, the Magi, choir members, altar servers, readers, ushers, and more.

Children will perform a Christmas pageant during the 4 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass at St. Louis Church in Fort Kent.

Bishop James Ruggieri will celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.

Join Father Hyacinth Fornkwa and Father Nsame Venantius for weekly Advent reflections on the Tuesdays of Advent beginning Tuesday, December 3, at 6 p.m. at St. Mary Church, 236 Eldridge Road in Wells. Subsequent sessions will be held December 10 and 17. Register here.

Join Father Hyacinth Fornkwa and Father Nsame Venantius for weekly Advent reflections on the Tuesdays of Advent beginning Tuesday, December 3, at 6 p.m. at St. Mary Church, 236 Eldridge Road in Wells. Subsequent sessions will be held December 10 and 17. Register here.

Join Father Hyacinth Fornkwa and Father Nsame Venantius for weekly Advent reflections on the Tuesdays of Advent beginning Tuesday, December 3, at 6 p.m. at St. Mary Church, 236 Eldridge Road in Wells.

The children of St. Mary of the Visitation Parish in Houlton and St. Agnes Parish in Island Falls will present a Christmas pageant prior to the 4 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass at St. Mary of the Visitation Church.

Join Father Jack Dickinson and Michelle Valcourt, faith formation director of St. John Paul II Parish, as they explore the meaning of the Jubilee Year "Pilgrims of Hope" and how to celebrate it.