Holy Week

Following the 4 p.m. Palm Sunday Mass at St. Catherine of Sienna Church, people can stay and learn how to weave palms into a crown of thorns.

Bishop James Ruggieri will celebrate Palm Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.

A Tenebrae Service will be held on Palm Sunday, April 13, beginning at 7 p.m. at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Scarborough.

A Tenebrae Service will be held on the Wednesday of Holy Week at Holy Family Church in Greenville.

A Tenenbrae service will be held on the Monday of Holy Week at 7:30 p.m. at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Norway.

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.

Bishop James Ruggieri will celebrate the annual Chrism Mass on Tuesday, April 15, at 3 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland

On the Wednesday of Holy Week, the Parish of the Holy Eucharist will offer a Tenebrae service at Sacred Heart Church in Yarmouth from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. 

Bishop James Ruggieri will celebrate Mass for Holy Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.

Holy Thursday marks the beginning of the sacred Easter Triduum, which culminates with the celebration of Easter.

Students from St. Thomas School in Sanford will present the Living Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at  10 a.m. at Holy Family Church in Sanford.

Holy Cross School students will present the Living Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Church of the Holy Cross in South Portland.

Eighth graders from All Saints Catholic School will present the Living Stations of the Cross at St. John Church in Bangor at noon on Good Friday.

Embracing a Passamaquoddy tradition that goes back more than 100 years, parishioners will gather on Good Friday for the blessing of the waters of Sipuhsis Brook, located at Peter Dana Point.

Bishop Ruggieri will preside at a tri-lingual (English, French and Spanish) Stations of the Cross at Sacred Heart Church in Portland at 3 p.m.

Bishop Ruggieri will celebrate the Passion of the Lord at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

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.

One of the most beloved traditions for Polish Catholics, dating back to the early history of Poland, will be renewed with the blessing of Easter baskets at St. Louis Church on 279 Danforth Street in Portland on Holy Saturday, April 19, at noon. 

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

The Missale Romanum reminds us that the Easter Vigil is the "mother of all vigils," the "greatest and most noble of all solemnities."

The Easter Sunday Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord is celebrated with great joy and music. “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad!”

Bishop James Ruggieri will celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland at 10 a.m.