December 15-19, 2014
The Light is On for You during the Third Week of Advent
December 14-19, 2014
Celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation in parishes and clusters across the Diocese of Portland
Androscoggin County
Auburn - Sacred Heart Church, 24 Sacred Heart Place - Tuesday & Wednesday, December 16 & 17, 6 to 7 p.m.
Auburn - St. Philip Church, 2365 Turner Road - Monday, December 15, 6 to 7 p.m.
Lewiston - Holy Family Church, 607 Sabattus Street - Penitential Service on Sunday, December 14, at 2 p.m.; The Light is On, Monday - Friday, December 15 - 19, beginning at 6 p.m.
Mechanic Falls - Our Lady of Ransom Church, 117 Elm Street - Friday, December 19, 6 to 7 p.m.
Aroostook County
Benedicta - St. Benedict Church, 1063 Benedicta Road - Friday, December 19, 6 to 7 p.m., followed by Mass at 7 p.m.
Caribou - Holy Rosary Church, 31 Vaughn Street - Monday and Tuesday, December 15 and 16, 6 p.m.
Fort Kent - St. Louis Church, 26 East Main Street - Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, December 15, 17, & 19, 6 to 8 p.m.; Tuesday and Thurssday, December 16 & 18, Noon to 2 p.m.
Houlton - St. Mary of the Visitation Church, 112 Military Street - Monday - Wednesday, December 15 - 17, 6 to 8 p.m.
Island Falls - St. Agnes Parish, 76 Sewall Street - Thursday, December 18, 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. (following 5:30 p.m. Mass)
Madawaska - St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 337 Saint Thomas Street - Sunday, December 14, 1 to 3 p.m.
Presque Isle - St. Mary Church, 331 Main Street – Wednesday, December 17, at 6 p.m.; Reconciliation Service on Sunday, December 21 at 1 p.m.
Cumberland County
Bridgton - St. Joseph Church, 225 South High Street - Wednesday, December 17, 5 to 6 p.m.
Brunswick - St. John the Baptist Church, 39 Pleasant Street - Thursday, December 18, 6 to 7 p.m.
Falmouth - Holy Martyrs of North America Church, 266 Foreside Road - Monday, December 15, 6 to 7 p.m
Freeport - St. Jude Church, 134 Main Street - Tuesday, December 16, 6 to 7 p.m.
Gorham - St. Anne Church, 299 Main Street - Wednesday, December 17, 6 to 7 p.m.
Gray - St. Gregory Church, 24 North Raymond Road - Wednesday, December 17, 6 to 7 p.m
Portland - St. Peter, 72 Federal Street - Monday - Friday, December 15 - 18, 6 to 7 p.m. or until the last confession is heard. The Sacrament of Reconciliaton will be offered in both English and French on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, as well as on Saturday, December 20, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Portland - St. Joseph Church, 673 Stevens Avenue - Tuesday and Wednesday, December 16 & 17, 6 to 7 p.m.
South Portland - Church of the Holy Cross, 124 Cottage Road - Tuesday - Thursday, December 16-18, 6 to 7 p.m.
Westbrook - St. Hyacinth Church, 268 Brown Street - Wednesay, December 17, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Windham - Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 619 Roosevelt Trail - Tuesday, December 16, 6 to 7 p.m.
Yarmouth - Sacred Heart Church, 326 Main Street - Tuesday, December 16, 6 to 7 p.m.
Franklin County
Farmington - St. Joseph Church, 133 Middle Street - Wednesday, December 17, 1 to 2 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m.
Jay - St. Rose of Lima Church, 1 Church Street - Monday, December 15, 1 to 2 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m.
Hancock County
Bar Harbor - Holy Redeemer Church, 56 Mount Desert Street - Monday, December 15, at 7 p.m. and Tuesday, December 16, at 1 p.m.
Bucksport - St. Vincent de Paul Church, 60 Franklin Street - Thursday, December 18, Noon to 1 p.m. and 6 to 7 p.m.
Castine - Our Lady of Holy Hope Church, 137 Perkins Street - Friday, December 19, following 8:30 a.m. Mass and 11 a.m. to noon.Ellsworth - St. Joseph Church, 231 Main Street - Tuesday, December 18, 6 to 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 21, noon to 1 p.m.
Manset - St. Peter Church, 56 Mount Desert Street - Tuesday, December 16 at 7 p.m.
Stonington - St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 8 Granite Street - Wednesday, December 17, following 8:30 a.m. Mass and 11 a.m. to noon
Kennebec County
Augusta - St. Augustine Church, 1 Kendall Street - Wednesday, December 17, Penitential Service from 6 to 7 p.m.
Waterville - Notre Dame Church, 116 Silver Street - Monday, December 15, 6 to 7 p.m.; Wednesday, December 17, 1 to 2 p.m.; Friday, December 19, 6 to 7 p.m.
Winslow - St. John the Baptist Church, 26 Monument Street, Friday, December 19, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. during the parish's monthly Eucharistic Adoration event, "Encounter in the Upper Room," which begins at 7 p.m. with music, and a reflection.
Winthrop - St. Francis Xavier Church, 130 U.S. Route 133 - Monday, December 15, 6 to 7 p.m.
Knox County
Camden - Our Lady of Good Hope Church, 7 Union Street - Monday, December 15, 6 to 7 p.m., and Thursday, December 18, 6 to 7 p.m.
Rockland - St. Bernard Church, 150 Broadway - Sunday, December 14, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., and Thursday, December 18, 6 to 7 p.m.
Lincoln County
Newcastle - St. Patrick Church, 380 Academy Hill Road - Wednesday, December 17, 6 to 7 p.m.
Whitefield - St. Denis Church, 298 Grand Army Road - Tuesday, December 16, 6 to 7 p.m.
Oxford County
Bethel - Our Lady of the Snows Church, Route 26 - Thursday, December 18, 6 to 7 p.m. or until the last confession is heard
Fryeburg - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 857 Main Street - Thursday, December 18, 5 to 6 p.m.
Norway - St. Catherine of Sienna Church, 32 Paris Street - Monday, December 15, 6 to 7 p.m.
Rumford - St. Athanasius & St. John Church, 26 Maine Avenue - Monday, December 15, 5 to 6:15 p.m., followed by Mass at 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday, December 16, 6 to 7 p.m.; and Thursday, December 18, 6 to 7 p.m. or until the last confession is heard
Penobscot County
Bangor - St. John Church, 207 York Street - Wednesday, December 17, 6 to 7 p.m.
Bangor -St. Mary Church, 768 Ohio Street - Monday, December 15, 6 to 7 p.m.
Bradley - St. Ann Church, 84 Main Street - Monday, December 15, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Brewer - St. Teresa Church, 425 South Main Street - Wednesday, December 17, 6 to 7 p.m.
Dexter - St. Anne Church, 59 Free Street - Tuesday, December 16, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
East Millinocket - St. Peter Church, 58 Cedar Street - Tuesday, December 16, Mass at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Light is On from 6 to 7 p.m.
Hampden - St. Matthew Church, 70 Western Avenue - Friday, December 19, 5 to 6 p.m.
Howland - St. Leo the Great Church, 18 River Road - Sunday, December 21, 4 p.m.
Lincoln - St. Mary of Lourdes Church, 142 Main Street (Route 2) - Friday, December 19, 6 to 7 p.m. and Saturday, December 20, 1 to 3:30 p.m.
Millinocket - St. Martin of Tours Church, 19 Colby Street - Mass at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Light is On from 6 to 7 p.m.
Old Town - Holy Family Church, 429 Main Street - Tuesday, December 16, and Thursday, December 18, 6:30 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, December 20, 3 to 3:45 p.m.
Orono - Our Lady of Wisdom (Newman Center), 83 College Avenue - Friday, December 19, 5 to 6 p.m.
Piscataquis County
Dover-Foxcroft - St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 45 High Street - Wednesday, December 17, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Greenville - Holy Family Church, 145 Pritham Avenue - Saturday, December 13, 1:30 to 3:45 p.m.; Thursday, December 18, 6 to 7 p.m.; Friday, December 19, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; Saturday, December 20, 1:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Milo - St. Francis Xavier & Paul the Apostle Chuch, 128 Riverside Street - Monday, December 15, 3 to 4 p.m.
Sagadahoc County
Bath - St. Mary Church, 144 Lincoln Street - Thursday, December 16, 6 to 7 p.m.
Somerset County
Jackman - St. Faustina Church, 370 Main Street – Sunday, December 14, 3 to 4:30 p.m.; Monday, December 15, 9 to 10 a.m. and 6 to 7 p.m.; Tuesday, December 16, 6 to 7 p.m.
Pittsfield - St. Agnes Chuch, 128 Detroit Street - Thursday, December 18, 3 to 4 p.m.
Waldo County
Belfast - St. Francis of Assisi Church, 81 Court Street - Monday, December 15, 6 to 7 p.m., and Wednesday, December 17, 6 to 7 p.m.
Winterport - St. Gabriel Church, 435 South Main Street - Friday, December 19, 7 to 8 p.m.
Washington County
Calais - Immaculate Conception Church, 31 Calais Avenue - Tuesday, December 16, 6 to 7 p.m.
Eastport - St. Joseph Church, 51 Washington Street - Monday, December 15, 6 to 7 p.m.
York County
Biddeford - St. Joseph Church, 178 Elm Street - Wednesday, December 17, 6 to 7 p.m.
Kennebunk - St. Martha Church, 34 Portland Road - Tuesday, December 8, at 5:15 p.m.; Wednesday, December 9, at 3 p.m.; and Thursday, December 10, at 6 p.m., Saturdays, 3 to 3:30 p.m.
Kittery - St. Raphael Church, 6 Whipple Road - Monday, December 15, at 1 p.m. and Tuesday, December 16, at 7 p.m.
Limerick - St. Matthew Church, 19 Dora Lane - Monday-Wednesaday December 15-17, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Lyman - St. Philip Church, 404 Goodwins Mills Road - Tuesday, December 16, 6 to 7 p.m.
Old Orchard Beach - St. Margaret Church, Corner of Saco Avenue & Old Orchard Street - Tuesday, December 16, 6 to 7 p.m.
Saco - Most Holy Trinity, 271 Main Street - Monday, December 15, 6 to 7 p.m.
South Berwick - Our Lady of the Angels Church, 160 Agamenticus Road - Monday, December 15, at 5 p.m. and Wednesday, December 17, at 1 p.m.
Wells - St. Mary Church, 236 Eldridge Road - Tuesday, December 8, at 3 p.m., Saturdays, 3 to 3:30 p.m.
York - St. Christopher Church, 1 Lilac Lane - Tuesday, December 16, at 1 p.m. and Wednesday, December 17, at 7 p
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