Sunday
8:30 AM, St. Joseph Church, Bridgton
8:30 AM, St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Norway
10:30 AM, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Fryeburg
10:30 AM, Our Lady of Ransom Church, Mechanic Falls
Monday
8:00 AM, St. Joseph Church, Bridgton
Tuesday
7:30 AM, St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Norway
Wednesday
8:00 AM, St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Norway
6:30 PM, St. Joseph Church, Bridgton
Thursday
6:30 PM, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Fryeburg
Friday
8:00 AM, Our Lady of Ransom Church, Mechanic Falls
Saturday
4:00 PM, St. Joseph Church, Bridgton
4:00 PM, St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Norway
5:45 PM, St. Mary's, Oxford
Mass Cancellation Policy
If there is no school due to weather in any of our school districts, which are: SAD 17, RSU 16, SAD 72 and SAD 61, there will be no daily morning Mass in ANY of our churches. This will help keep our priests, sacristans, musicians and all of our parishioners safe. We will do our best to post cancellations on our Facebook page (The Parishes of the Western Maine Lakes and Foothills) and on TV stations WCSH6, WMTW, and WGME. Weekend and evening Mass cancellations will be posted on the above news channels and on our Facebook page.
Guidelines for Receiving Holy Communion
For Catholics
Catholics fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when they receive Holy Communion in fulfillment of Christ’s command to eat His Body and drink His Blood. In order to be properly disposed to receive Communion, communicants should not be conscious of grave sin, have fasted for an hour, and seek to live in charity and love with their neighbors. Persons conscious of grave sin must first be reconciled with God and the Church through the sacrament of Penance. Canon Law states that Catholics should celebrate the sacrament of Penance at least once a year.
For Other Christians
We welcome to our celebrations of Eucharist those Christians who are not fully united with us. It is a consequence of the sad divisions in Christianity that we cannot extend to them a general invitation to receive Communion. Catholics believe that the Eucharist is an action of celebrating community signifying a oneness in faith, life, and worship of the community. Reception of the Eucharist by Christians not fully united with us would imply a oneness that does not yet exist, and for which we must all pray.
For Those Not Receiving Communion
Those not receiving sacramental Communion are encouraged to express in their hearts a prayerful desire for unity with the Lord Jesus and with one another.
For Non-Christians
We also welcome to our celebrations of Eucharist those who do not share our faith in Jesus. While we cannot extend to them an invitation to receive Communion, we do invite them to be united with us in prayer.