Prayer Service

The peaceful vigils are part of a 40-day campaign aimed at ending abortion through prayer, fasting, and community outreach.

Vespers will be prayed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, at 5:30 p.m. on the Sundays of Lent beginning March 1.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon invite you to join them via Zoom for a virtual Lenten prayer series, "We Come Humbly to the Cross." The series will begin on Friday, February 20, and continue on the Mondays and Fridays of Lent.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon invite you to join them via Zoom for a virtual Lenten prayer series, "We Come Humbly to the Cross." The series will begin on Friday, February 20, and continue on the Mondays and Fridays of Lent.

Vespers will be prayed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, at 5:30 p.m. on the Sundays of Lent beginning March 1.

St. Therese of Lisieux Parish, in partnership with St. Thomas School, will present a Lenten Luminary Service on Sunday, March 15, at 7 p.m. at Holy Family Church in Sanford.

 The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon invite you to join them via Zoom for a virtual Lenten prayer series, "We Come Humbly to the Cross." The series will begin on Friday, February 20, and continue on the Mondays and Fridays of Lent.

As we journey through the sacred season of Lent, Stella Maris Parish invites you to a deeply moving and meditative Taizé Prayer Service combining the Stations of the Cross with Taizé music and exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

Vespers will be prayed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, at 5:30 p.m. on the Sundays of Lent beginning March 1.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon invite you to join them via Zoom for a virtual Lenten prayer series, "We Come Humbly to the Cross." The series will begin on Friday, February 20, and continue on the Mondays and Fridays of Lent.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon invite you to join them via Zoom for a virtual Lenten prayer series, "We Come Humbly to the Cross." The series will begin on Friday, February 20, and continue on the Mondays and Fridays of Lent.

Vespers will be prayed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland, at 5:30 p.m. on the Sundays of Lent beginning March 1.

A Tenebrae Service will be held on Palm Sunday, March 29, beginning at 7 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Scarborough.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon invite you to join them via Zoom for a virtual Lenten prayer series, "We Come Humbly to the Cross." The series will begin on Friday, February 20, and continue on the Mondays and Fridays of Lent.

A Tenebrae Service will be held on March 30, the Monday of Holy Week, at 7 p.m. at the Basilica of Ss. Peter & Paul, 122 Ash Street in Lewiston. 

A Tenebrae service will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Windham on the Monday of Holy Week at 7:30 p.m.

On Good Friday, we recall Christ’s Passion and death. It is the only day of the Church calendar on which Mass is not celebrated. Instead, we gather quietly to pray, both for ourselves and those around us; to listen to Scripture; and to venerate the cross.

Bishop James Ruggieri will offer Office of Readings and Morning Prayer on Good Friday at 7:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

In recognition of the diversity of the Lewiston area community, Prince of Peace Parish will hold a multicultural presentation of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday.

Bishop James Ruggieri will offer Readings and Prayer on Holy Saturday at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 7:30 a.m.

One of the most beloved traditions in eastern European countries, Święconka, will be renewed with the blessing of Easter baskets at St. Mary Church on 768 Ohio Street in Bangor on Holy Saturday, April 4, at 9 a.m.

The traditional blessing of Easter baskets will be held at Holy Trinity Church in Lisbon Falls on Holy Saturday at 10 a.m.