The encouragement and formation of vocations in the Church is the task of all of us. We cannot depend on others to meet our needs. Families, communities, and parishes must help our young people to hear the call that God gives to serve the Church.
In the coming weeks, St. Michael Parish in Augusta will help local single mothers who have trouble keeping up with the expenses of caring for their children.
PORTLAND---An independent, on-site audit of safe environment procedures has found the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, which includes all 141 churches in Maine, in full compliance with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.
EFFECTIVE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 Catholic churches in Maine will now allow up to 50% capacity or 100 people total (whichever is less) at indoor daily and Sunday Masses.
On Sunday afternoon, seven members of a multi-jurisdictional honor guard marched to the front of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, carefully posting the American and State of Maine flags in their positions before solemnly standing with their backs to the sanctuary.
About 1,500 feet from where he attended St. James School as a young boy, Deacon Alexander R. Boucher will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Robert P. Deeley on Saturday, August 22, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph Church, located on 178 Elm Street in Biddeford.
As announced in June, Maine Catholic Schools (listed below) will open for in-school learning for the 2020-21 school year with a full day schedule, five days a week. A virtual learning option will also be provided to families not yet comfortable with sending their children for in-school learning.
An open call for help to parents and families of St. Michael School in Augusta produced financial assistance at a difficult time and became the latest proof of how special this school’s community truly is.
“We might well have preferred that the Chrism Mass be held in its proper time of the year. But the truth of the matter is that Jesus is with us today. In Jesus, we see our hope.” ---Bishop Deeley
The Office of Maine Catholic Schools is pleased to announce that schools will be open for in-school learning for the 2020-21 school year. Barring unforeseen developments, classes will be held five days a week with a full day schedule. Both before and after care at the schools will also reopen.
The Maine Catholic Youth Convention, traditionally a weekend gathering of Maine teens from Aroostook County to York County, will move online for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it still promises to be a great event celebrating the faith and gifts that young people bring to the life of the Church.
Three Beliefs (www.portlanddiocese.org/threebeliefs) is a guide for Maine Catholics that offers valuable assistance and information regarding end-of-life issues.
Each year, the parents’ association at St. Michael School in Augusta organize and host a catered dinner, live auction, and silent auction that raise money for the growth and enhancement of the educational ministry at the school as well as serve as an evening of togetherness for the adults in the school community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year, the event looks very different.
WATERTOWN, Mass.---Bishop Robert Reed will celebrate a memorial Mass at the CatholicTV Network’s Chapel of the Holy Cross in Watertown, Massachusetts, for those who have died of COVID-19.
From celebrating live-streamed Masses to empty pews to standing six feet away from friends and neighbors at the grocery store, encountering surreal situations on a daily basis has become the new normal. The sights of this pandemic’s effect are everywhere around us, including on Memorial Day.
For five years, the St. Michael School and Travis Mills Foundation Walk-A-Thon has steadily grown into a heart-warming fundraiser that annually displays the importance placed on service and kindness at the Augusta school. Students walk laps around the block of the school, located on Sewall Street, raising money for the foundation and the school through pre-obtained pledges.