Bishop Robert Deeley will celebrate Mass and administer the sacraments of confirmation and first Communion to children at St. John the Baptist Church in Brunswick.
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Bishop Robert Deeley will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation (with first holy Communion) for already baptized Catholic teens and adults in northern Maine. A light reception follows the liturgy.
Bishop-Elect James Ruggieri will be ordained to the episcopate and installed as the 13th Bishop of Portland during a Mass celebrated on May 7 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.
In the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, we celebrate Christ's bodily ascension into heaven, which occurred in the presence of his apostles.
Bishop Ruggieri will celebrate the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.
Bishop Ruggieri will celebrate the Baccalaureate Mass at St. Joseph's College of Maine as part of graduation ceremonies.
In celebration of the anniversary of the Blessed Mother's first appearance to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, a Rosary Rally and Mass will be held at St. Anne Church in Gorham on Saturday, May 11.
Bishop James Ruggieri will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation (with first holy Communion) for already baptized Catholic teens and adults in central Maine. A light reception follows the liturgy.
Bishop James Ruggieri, who is fluent in Spanish, will celebrate Mass in Spanish on Sunday, May 26, at 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Portland. Sacred Heart is the spiritual home of the Hispanic community in the greater Portland area.
Bishop James Ruggieri will celebrate a Memorial Day Mass in the Armed Forces Section of Calvary Cemetery in South Porltand.
The Silver & Gold Anniversary Mass at 4 p.m. is a celebration of the gift of Christian marriage.
The event in Indianapolis aims to draw the Church into a deeper intimacy with Jesus and inspire thousands to be moved to share the Eucharistic love of the Lord “for the life of the world” (John 6:51).