Prayer Service

In celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the Parish of the Holy Eucharist will hold a Blessing of the Animals prayer service on September 30 at 9:30 a.m. at St. Gregory the Great Church, 24 North Raymond Road in Gray.. People 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, the Parish of the Holy Eucharist will hold a Blessing of the Animals prayer service on September 30 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Martyrs Church, 266 Foreside Road in Falmouth. People 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, Our Lady of the Snows Parish will hold a Blessing of the Animals prayer service on Sunday, October 1, at 1 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 43 High Street in Dover-Foxcroft.

In celebration of the upcoming Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Joseph Parish will hold a Blessing of the Animals prayer service on Sunday, October 1, at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, 225 South High Street in Bridgton.

Each year on October 3, the anniversary of Saint Francis of Assisi’s death, Franciscans around the world gather in prayer to celebrate his Transitus or passage from earthy life to everlasting life. That tradition will be carried on this October at the St. Anthony Franciscan Monastery in Kennebunk.

On the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, October 4, all are invited to join the Franciscan community for morning prayer at 7 a.m., followed by a 7:30 a.m. Mass celebrated by Father Evaldas Darulis OFM, Provincial Minister of the Province of St. Casimir in Lithuania, Order of Friars Minor.

Father Divine Fossoh, parochial vicar of St. Brendan the Navigator Parish, will join in a Blessing of the Animals prayer service that will be held Wednesday, October 4, at 4 p.m. at St. Margaret Episcopal Church, 95 Court Street in Belfast (a block away from St. Francis of Assisi Church). All are welcome to bring their pets to be blessed.

The Blessings of the Animals will be held October 7 at 10 a.m. at St. Pius X Church, 492 Ocean Avenue in Portland.

A Blessing of Animals prayer service will be held at 10 a.m. at St. Louis Church, 279 Danforth Street in Portland.

In celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi, Christ the Divine Mercy Parish will hold a Blessing of the Animals prayer service at St. Peter Church, 58 Cedar Street in East Millinocket, on October 7 at 10 a.m.

In celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi, St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish will hold a Blessing of the Animals prayer service at St. Catherine of Sienna Church, 32 Paris Street in Norway, at 10 a.m.

In celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi, St. John Paul II Parish will hold a Blessing of the Animals prayer service at St. Bartholomew Church, 8 Two Lights Road in Cape Elizabeth, on October 7 at 10 a.m.

In celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, a Rosary Rally will be held at the Veterans' Memorial on Main Street in Ashland on October 7 at noon. 

In celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, a Rosary Rally will be held at the Veterans' Memorial on Main Street in Ashland on October 7 at noon. 

In celebration of the Feast Day of Saint Francis of Assisi, the Heart of St. Francis Fraternity will sponsor the Blessing of the Animals on Saturday, October 7, at 1 p.m. outside St. Mary of the Visitation Church, 110 Military Street in Houlton.

A Blessing of Animals prayer service will be held at 3 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street in Portland.

In celebration of the final appearance of the Blessed Mother at Fatima, a Rosary rally and Mass will be held on October 14 at St. Anne Church in Gorham.

A Rosary rally will be held at Fort Williams Park, located on 1000 Shore Road in Cape Elizabeth, at noon.