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.

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.

All are welcome to come to a special display of Nativity scenes from around the world collected by Peaks Island residents.