Teenagers from parishes around the Diocese of Portland spent a week of their summer vacation learning how to become better leaders, both in their parishes and their communities.

A standing room only crowd filled St. Francis Xavier Church in Winthrop on Sunday, July 22, to celebrate Sunday Mass and the golden jubilee of Sister Carol Martin, PFM. Sister Carol is currently RCIA and faith formation coordinator at St. Francis Xavier and has served at St. Michael Parish, of which St. Francis is a part, for nearly a decade.

Parishes and schools in the Diocese of Portland combined to raise over $62,000 for the Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) Rice Bowl program during the forty days of Lent in 2018. CRS Rice Bowl is a faith-in-action program that encourages Catholics to fill cardboard bowls with monetary donations, giving alms to those in need and honoring Jesus’ call to serve our neighbors.