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.
On what would have been Commitment Weekend for the Catholic Appeal in Maine parishes, Bishop Robert Deeley celebrated his weekly, Sunday live-streamed Mass from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland on May 17.
As Catholics across Maine tuned into live-streamed Masses this weekend, it marked eight weeks since the doors of Maine churches had been closed due to restrictions and safety guidelines stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a time of social distancing, young adult Catholics from around Maine are invited to come together virtually on Saturday, May 2, at 2:30 p.m. to pray the rosary and meditate on the Joyful Mysteries. If the gathering is popular enough, it will be a reoccurring event during the month of May and beyond.
Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Archbishop of Los Angeles, has invited all U.S. bishops to join him in renewing the consecration of the U.S. to the Blessed Virgin Mary in response to the pandemic.
Maine Catholics are invited to join Fr. Daniel Greenleaf, pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston, Holy Trinity Parish in Lisbon Falls, and Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Sabattus, as he leads a weekly, online study of the Acts of the Apostles.
Priests, religious, and lay chaplains dedicated to shining the light of Christ to people who may be facing some of the most difficult times in their lives. There is no predicting what each day and shift will bring. They are courageous, guided and protected by the faith that drives them.
Despite some obstacles to overcome, eighth graders at St. Michael School in Augusta carried on a Good Friday tradition, presenting the Living Stations of the Cross to fellow students.
Easter is a beautiful feast that recalls for us the truth that is the heart of our faith: Jesus Christ is risen from the dead and we, sharing in that resurrection, have been saved and given the gift of hope.
On Holy Saturday (April 11), Maine Catholics are invited to join in an act of solidarity with one another and all people of good will at 7:30 p.m., the hour of the sunset, by standing outside their homes with a lit candle, flashlight, or other source of light.
Pope Francis’ prayer service from the front of St. Peter’s Basilica and “Urbi et Orbi” (“to the city of Rome and the world”) blessing in response to the coronavirus pandemic will be broadcast live on CatholicTV