Bring your children (ages 0-5) to a morning of music, joy, and faith, as participants sing, dance, and prepare for the birth of Jesus.

Bring your children (ages 0-5) to a morning of music, joy, and faith, as participants sing, dance, and prepare for the birth of Jesus.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon invite everyone to join them for Advent Prayer via Zoom on the Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays of Advent from 6 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. To register and to get the link, email [email protected] or call 207-873-4512.

Please join in praying for the sanctity of life during a Prayer Service for Life on Sunday, January 26, from 2 pm to 4 pm, at Holy Martyrs of North America Church, 266 Foreside Road in Falmouth.  

Share the spirit of the season with joyous Christmas carols! Christmas carolers are invited to gather at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception's Guld Hall at 5 p.m. for pizza before heading out around 5:45 p.m. to bring the sounds of Christmas to the neighborhood around the cathedral and to Portland's Old Port.

Join St. Christopher parishioners as they celebrate Gaudete Sunday with their annual wassailing tradition. Carolers will gather at the church at 4 p.m. and then carol outside homes.

Advent vespers will be prayed on the Sundays of Advent from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street in Portland. Vespers will be followed by a teaching on the Catholic faith.

The Portland Peninsula & Island Parishes will hold Advent wreath making and other Advent activities in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception's Guild Hall on the first Sunday of Advent from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. All are invited to join in!

St. Anthony of Padua Parish invites women to be part of a special evening focused on the true meaning of the blessed season of Advent, as we prepare our hearts for Jesus’ birth.

A jubilee year happens every 25 years in the Catholic Church. Bishop Ruggieri will celebrate an opening Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 10 a.m.