St. Peter the Fisherman

If you are interested in helping to make altar cloths for Lent, please sign the sign-up sheet in back of church before you leave or contact Fr. Philip directly. We will gather in the Parish Hall in Machias on predetermined dates to work on the project. The deadline to complete the altar cloths is Saturday, March 2nd, four days before Ash Wednesday. I really need your help!!!

This year for Lent (March 6 — April 20), we will have a parish mission on each Friday evening of the Lenten season. Each session will begin with the Stations of the Cross, and then we will delve into a discussion of the Holy Mass. The discussions will be guided by the book: A Devotional Journey Into the Mass—How Mass Can Become A Time of Grace, Nourishment, and Devotion, by Christopher Carstens. Get a copy from Amazon.com or contact Fr. Philip to help you obtain a copy. You do not need to read the book to attend the sessions. More information to follow.

On January 19th from 9:30—11:30am at the Holy Name Parish Hall we had the first meeting for our new parish-wide guild. Please prayerfully consider being part of the guild, either as a board member or a helping hand. This was our first informal planning meeting.  With your help 2019 will be a spectacular year for our parish.  Please make every effort to make the drive to attend the next meeting. Date and time to be announced. 

In anticipation of the beginning of the Plenary Assembly of the USCCB this week (November 12-14), Bishop Deeley offers a statement reiterating the full commitment by the Diocese of Portland to protecting young people from abuse. Read it HERE.

Bishop Deeley has recently released a statement on the recent news regarding clergy sexual abuse. Read it HERE. 

ONLINE GIVING
The parish now has the ability to accept online offertory contributions or donations to special collections. If you are tech savvy and prefer this method of offertory giving, please click the “Online Giving” button to the right. It’s a safe and secure method of making your offertory contributions or your donations to special collections.

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