Parish Lenten Prayer Opportunities
During Lent, parishes offer special opportunities for prayer, whether through reflection groups, additional adoration times, the opening of churches for private prayer, etc. You will find a list of some of those opportunities below. If you don't see your parish listed, please check back. New listings will continue to be added.
In addition to special Lenten opportunities, most parishes have regularly scheduled eucharistic adoration. You can find times here.
Lenten Prayer Opportunities
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Portland
Vespers and lessons will be prayed on the Sundays of Lent at 5:30 p.m. in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street n Portland.
Our Lady of Hope Parish, Portland
Father Paul Sullivan, SJ, pastor of Our Lady of Hope Parish, will lead a Service of Prayer for Healing on Thursday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Pius X Church, 492 Ocean Avenue in Portland. Pre-registration is not necessary; however, people are invited to send in requests for healing, whether or not they plan to attend the service. This may include requests for healing for yourself, for someone you know, healing of the social, political, and economic wounds of our world, healing and health for our planet, etc. Send your prayer requests to Our Lady of Hope Parish at [email protected] by March 17 and they will be included in the service. Jesus was famously known as a healer. People were drawn to him to be healed of their physical and psychological illnesses. The ministry of healing, therefore, ought to be an important part of the work and witness of the Church today.
St. Joseph Parish, Ellsworth
St. Joseph Church, 231 Main Street, Ellsworth - On the Fridays of Lent, there will be all-day adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 9:45 a.m. (following daily Mass) until 4:45 p.m. Adoration will be followed by the Stations of the Cross and then a potluck soup and bread meal in the parish hall.
St. Joseph Parish, Farmington
St. Joseph Church, 133 Middle Street, Farmington - Eucharistic adoration will be held on the Mondays of Lent from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
St. MIchael Parish, Augusta
St. Mary of the Assumption Church, 41 Western Avenue, Augusta - The Divine Mercy Chaplet will be prayed on the Fridays of Lent at 3 p.m., followed by a reflection and the opportunity for the sacrament of reconciliation. Stations of the Cross will then be prayed at 4 p.m, followed by Mass at 4:30 p.m.
St. Rose of Lima Parish, Jay
St. Rose of Lima Church, 1 Church Street, Jay - Eucharistic adoration will be held on the Tuesdays of Lent from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon, Winslow - Via Zoom
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon invite everyone to join them in prayer via Zoom on Mondays and Fridays during Lent. The first session will be Friday, March 7. The Zoom meeting will open at 5:45 p.m. The prayer time will begin at 6 p.m. and continue until 6:15 p.m. If you would like to participate, please register here to receive the Zoom link and a passcode. FMI: [email protected] or 207-873-4512.
