A penitential service with four priests available for confession will be held on the Wednesday of Holy Week at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 81 Court Street in Belfast.

Married couples are invited to spend some time on their relationship this Lent and attend a retreat on Saturday, March 15, at 1 p.m. at Our Lady of Good Hope Church, 7 Union Street in Camden. Couples will listen to presentations by everyday people regarding barriers, obstacles, and how hurt feelings and downward spirals can be understood and stopped. The retreat will conclude with the 4 p.m. Mass.

St. Patrick Church in Newcastle will hold its annual St. Patrick's Day Dinner on March 17 in Cheverus Hall.

Holy Spirit Parish will hold a Lenten Eucharistic Revival Retreat March 3-5 featuring nationally known speaker and author Deacon Matt Halbach.

The St. Anne Knights of Columbus will serve haddock dinners on the Fridays of Lent, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., in the hall of St. Anne Church, 299 Main Street in Gorham.