The children of St. John Paul II Parish will present a Nativity play on Sunday, December 22, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Scarborough. All are welcome to attend.

The Office of Vocations will host a retreat on Saturday, December 28, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at St. Joseph Church in Brewer, Maine. This retreat is for young men 18+ who want to learn about priestly discernment. 

A children's Christmas pageant  will precede Christmas Eve Mass at Holy Trinity Church in Lisbon Falls.

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. This year's theme is "A Season of Comfort and Hope." The first prayer will be on December 1.

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.