Upcoming events - Lent

Ash Wednesday - 5 March

• 9 am at OLS (Bethel)
• 6 pm at St. A & J (Rumford)

Opportunities for spiritual growth during Lent (5 March - 17 April):

• Stations of the Cross, followed by a shared meatless meal - 4 pm on Fridays at St. A & J
• Stations of the Cross - 7 pm Mondays at St. A & J
• Bible Class with Sr. Bernadette Gautreau - 6:30 pm Thursdays at St. A & J

The Light is On For You (confession, in addition to regular weekly confession times)

• Monday, April 7, 6-7 pm at St. A & J, Rumford
• Tuesday, April 8, 9-10 am at OLS, Bethel
• Friday, April 11, 6-7 pm at St. A & J, Rumford

Holy Week 

• Holy Thursday Mass, April 17, 6 pm, at St. A & J
• Good Friday service with Holy Communion, April 18, 3 pm at St. A & J
• Easter Vigil Mass, Saturday, April 19, 8 pm at St. A & J
• Easter Mass, Sunday, April 20, 8 am at Our Lady of the Snows (Bethel)
• Easter Mass, Sunday, April 20, 9:30 am at St. A & J

Other Parish Activities

• March 7—3 p.m. World Day of Prayer, ecumenical event hosted by Dixfield Congregational Church (15 High St)
• March 7—Family Fun Night
• March 9—Rite of Election/Call to Continuing Conversion (at the Cathedral in Portland)
• April 4—Family Fun Night
• May 9—Family Fun Night
• May 29—Ascension of the Lord (Holy Day of Obligation)



Holy Days of Obligation (2025)

• Thursday, May 29—Ascension of the Lord
• Friday, August 15—Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
• Monday, December 8—Immaculate Conception
• Thursday, December 25—Nativity of the Lord