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Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held every Wednesday from 6:00 a.m. through Saturday 9:00 p.m. in the chapel of St. Mary's Church.

All Saints Catholic School fundraiser for scholarship funds. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.

All families of the parish are invited to our Faith Formation Celebration and barbecue at St. John's Church.

If our Lord is calling you to become an adorer, please call the parish office at (207) 217-6740.

All are invited to stand for life on Tuesday, May 7 at the State House. The abortion lobby will be there for its lobby day and we need pro life Maine to show up, lobby their legislators and help prevent taxpayer funding of abortion. There is a strong probability the House will vote that day. Please consider standing up for the unborn. Plan on meeting at 9:30 on the 3rd floor of the Maine State House. FMI email: Suzanne.lafreniere@portlanddiocese.org

St. John’s Organ Society is pleased to announce that Tjeerd van der Ploeg, church musician, recitalist, improviser, and recording artist, will play a concert on the historic organ at St. John’s Catholic Church (207 York St.) on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Van der Ploeg is the organist at St. Christoforuskerk in Schagen, Netherlands. He will perform music of Josef Rheinberger, Max Reger and Herbert Howells. The May 7th program continues the tradition of an annual concert by an internationally recognized recitalist on the historic E. & G. G. Hook organ, Opus 288, at St. John’s Catholic Church. Hook’s Opus 288, the largest 19th-Century pipe organ in northern New England, has been described by Alan Laufman (past president of the Organ Historical Society) as “...a national treasure.” Admission is free, but donations are appreciated. For more information, visit http://hookopus288.net/2019-international-concert/

Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held every Wednesday from 6:00 a.m. through Saturday 9:00 p.m. in the chapel of St. Mary's Church.

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED: Suzanne LaFreniere, director of the Office of Public Policy for the Diocese of Portland, will speak at St. John’s Church in Bangor on Wednesday, May 8 at 6:00-7:00 p.m. Suzanne will address the importance of recognizing when a moral issue is being decided on in state legislation that challenges Catholic teaching, and will discuss ways in which the faithful can affect public policy to serve the common good. Child care (ages 4+) will be available. Contact St. Paul the Apostle Parish at 217-6740 for more information.

All are encouraged to gather at St. Anne Church, located on 299 Main Street in Gorham, on Saturday, May 11, for an outdoor Mass and public rosary rally. The Mass, celebrated by Fr. Steven Cartwright, will begin outside the church at 11 a.m. At noon, the public rosary rally will be held followed by a Knights of Columbus fellowship barbecue. Reconciliation will be available during the rally and cookout. Everyone is welcome, including people who have never prayed the rosary. Rosaries and guidance will be available for anyone interested. The rallies are hosted by “Maine Needs Fatima” and will be livestreamed on the group’s website. For more information or to access the livestream, visit www.maineneedsfatima.org.

HONORING OUR VETS. Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery in Bangor will be placing American flags on the graves of veterans buried at the cemetery. If you would like to help in this effort, please be at the cemetery garage (449 Ohio Street) on Saturday, May 11 at 9:00 a.m. Thank you.

If our Lord is calling you to become an adorer, please call the parish office at (207) 217-6740.

We pray the rosary at 5:30 p.m., followed by a business meeting. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month.

Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held every Wednesday from 6:00 a.m. through Saturday 9:00 p.m. in the chapel of St. Mary's Church.

The 2nd Annual Healing Service, for anyone affected by substance use disorder, will be held Thursday, May 16 at St. John's Church. At 5:00 p.m., Information Sessions will be led by Patty Hamilton, Director, Public Health, and Dr. Noah Nesin, Chief Medical Officer, PCHC. Narcan administration training will be conducted by Joe Locke, Bangor Public Health. The healing service will begin at 6:00 p.m. Gordon Smith, Maine's first director of opioid response, will be in attendance; Governor Janet Mills has been invited. All are welcome to a light reception in the church hall afterwards.

Bishop Deeley will celebrate the sacrament of confirmation with already baptized teens and adults on May 17 at St. Teresa's Church in Brewer

The Diocese of Portland’s Office of the Tribunal will lead a discussion on the annulment process in the Catholic Church on Monday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, 231 Main Street in Ellsworth. The session will cover the annulment process in place in the diocese. There will be a Q&A and an opportunity to speak privately to a canonist. New procedures shorten the process by which an annulment might be granted, without altering the Church’s rich teaching on Christian marriage.

The Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed the third Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in St. Teresa's Church. Join us for adoration, benediction and recitation of the chaplet.

If our Lord is calling you to become an adorer, please call the parish office at (207) 217-6740.

MEMORIAL DAY MASS: At 9:00 a.m. Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day), Mass will be celebrated outdoors in Mount Pleasant Catholic Cemetery at the newest Columbarium, which will be blessed on this occasion. In the event of rain, Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Church. There is only one parish Mass on this day.

If our Lord is calling you to become an adorer, please call the parish office at (207) 217-6740.

Altar Server training will be offered on Tuesday, May 28 and Wednesday May 29 at 3:00 p.m. (after school) at St. John’s Church. This training is for all youth interested in altar serving at any of our six parish churches. The child only has to attend one of the sessions. Children may serve once they have received all of their Sacraments of Initiation (Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist). Info: call the parish office at 217-6740.

Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held every Wednesday from 6:00 a.m. through Saturday 9:00 p.m. in the chapel of St. Mary's Church.