Our Lady of Hope Parish in Portland will hold its Festival of Trees on December 1 and 2 in the hall of St. Pius X Church, 492 Ocean Avenue in Portland. People can stop by to view the trees and to buy raffle tickets to win them on Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

St. Raphael Church’s Christmas Bazaar will be held on Saturday, November 2, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the church, located at 6 Whipple Road in Kittery

The Christmas fair at St. Charles Borromeo Church, part of All Saints Parish, will be held Saturday, November 4, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the church hall at 132 McKeen Street in Brunswick.

St. Anne Church, part of St. Anthony of Padua Parish, will host a Christmas Crafts Fair on Saturday, November 11, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

St. Anthony of Padua Parish will hold a Christmas Crafts Fair on Saturday, November 4, in the hall of St. Hyacinth Church, 268 Brown Street in Westbrook.

In celebration of the Feast Day of St. Francis Assisi, students will gather in the schoolyard of St. James School in Biddeford for morning prayer, during which there will be a Blessing of the Animals service. Students, accompanied by their family members, are invited to their pets to school to be blessed.  

In celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi, a Blessing of the Animals service will be held outside St. Joseph Church, 110 School Street in Gardiner, at 5 p.m. All are invited to bring their pets to be blessed and sprinkled with holy water.

In celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Peter the Fisherman Parish will hold its first annual Blessing of the Animals Prayer Service on the front lawn of Holy Name of Jesus Church, 8 Free Street in Machias, at 4 p.m.