Advent

An Advent by Candlelight event will be held on Saturday, November 23, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Fort Kent. The evening is a wonderful opportunity to prepare your heart for the Advent season. The guest speaker will be Joyanna Deschaine. 

Bring your children (ages 0-5) to a morning of music, joy, and faith, as participants sing, dance, and prepare for the birth of Jesus.

The Heart of St. Francis fraternity is sponsoring a blessing of the crèche at all Masses on the first weekend of Advent, November 30 & December 1, at St. Agnes Church in Island Falls and St. Mary of the Visitation Church in Houlton.

All are welcome to create an Advent wreath for your home at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, located on 150 Black Point Road in Scarborough, on Sunday, December 1, at 11:30 a.m.

The Portland Peninsula & Island Parishes will hold Advent wreath making and other Advent activities in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception's Guild Hall on the first Sunday of Advent from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. All are invited to join in!

Vespers will be prayed on the Sundays of Advent (December 1, 8, 15, & 22) at 5 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, 150 Black Point Road in Scarborough.

The Festival of Lessons and Carols will be held at the Church of the Holy Cross, 124 Cottage Road in South Portland, on Monday, December 2, at 6:30 p.m.

St. Anthony of Padua Parish invites women to be part of a special evening focused on the true meaning of the blessed season of Advent, as we prepare our hearts for Jesus’ birth.

Father Frank Murray will lead an Advent retreat on Thursday, December 5, at Holy Name of Jesus Church, 8 Free Street in Machias.

The annual Holy Cross School Christmas Fair and Lobster Lunch will be held December 6 & 7 at the school, located at 436 Broadway in South Portland.

Bring your children (ages 0-5) to a morning of music, joy, and faith, as participants sing, dance, and prepare for the birth of Jesus.

The annual Holy Cross School Christmas Fair and Lobster Lunch will be held December 6 & 7 at the school, located at 436 Broadway in South Portland.

Vespers will be prayed on the Sundays of Advent (December 1, 8, 15, & 22) at 5 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, 150 Black Point Road in Scarborough.

Advent vespers will be prayed on the Sundays of Advent from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street in Portland. Vespers will be followed by a teaching on the Catholic faith.

Following the 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, December 9, all are invited to gather outside St. Bartholomew Church for the blessing and lighting of the outdoor Christmas tree.

Bishop James Ruggieri will celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with a Mass on December 12 at 6:30  p.m. at Sacred Heart Church in Portland. All are welcome to attend.

Embracing a tradition that dates to 19th century England, the Portland Peninsula & Island Parishes will present Advent Lessons & Carols on Friday, December 13, at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street in Portland. Bishop James Ruggieri will preside.

Bring your children (ages 0-5) to a morning of music, joy, and faith, as participants sing, dance, and prepare for the birth of Jesus.

Parishioners are invited to bring their Baby Jesus figurines to Mass at the churches of St. Peter the Fisherman Parish to have them blessed.

Share the spirit of the season with joyous Christmas carols! Christmas carolers are invited to gather at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception's Guld Hall at 5 p.m. for pizza before heading out around 5:45 p.m. to bring the sounds of Christmas to the neighborhood around the cathedral and to Portland's Old Port.

Parishioners are invited to bring their Baby Jesus figurines to Mass at the churches of St. Peter the Fisherman Parish to have them blessed.

Join St. Christopher parishioners as they celebrate Gaudete Sunday with their annual wassailing tradition. Carolers will gather at the church at 4 p.m. and then carol outside homes.

Vespers will be prayed on the Sundays of Advent (December 1, 8, 15, & 22) at 5 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, 150 Black Point Road in Scarborough.

Bring your children (ages 0-5) to a morning of music, joy, and faith, as participants sing, dance, and prepare for the birth of Jesus.

The children of St. John Paul II Parish will present a Nativity play on Sunday, December 22, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Scarborough. All are welcome to attend.

Vespers will be prayed on the Sundays of Advent (December 1, 8, 15, & 22) at 5 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, 150 Black Point Road in Scarborough.

A children's Christmas pageant  will precede Christmas Eve Mass at Holy Trinity Church in Lisbon Falls.

Children will put on a Christmas pageant at 4 p.m. on December 24, prior to the Christmas Mass at St. Teresa Church, 425 South Main Street in Brewer.