CONGRADULATIONS to Our Newly Confirmed and First Communicants! We joyfully congratulate the 26 candidates who received the Sacraments of Confirmation and First Holy Eucharist. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide and strengthen them as they grow in faith:

The Fort Kent Columbiettes will be offering Mother’s Day Spiritual Bouquet Cards on the weekends of April 19th, April 26, & May 3rd. The Cost of each card is $5.00. All the names of the recipients will be placed on the altar on Mother’s Day. Proceeds go to the St. John Vianney Parish for liturgical supplies.

The Fort Kent Ladies of St. Anne will have their monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 21, at the Fort Kent Senior Center. Social @ 6:00 PM & Meeting at 6:30 PM - Guest Speaker will be Laura Saucier who has been a Lady of St. Anne for almost 80 years. Don't miss it!

The Faith Formation Center is looking for Volunteers Catechists & Volunteer Catechist Helpers to help teach the children. If you are interested, please fill out the attached form. [Click for PDF]

The parish office will be closed on Apri20, 2026 for Patriot's Day.

we are also looking for helpers in the St. Louis and St. Mary cemeteries. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older & have a valid driver's license & means of transportation. Stop by the parish office for an application or more information: 834-5656.

He is risen! He is risen indeed!

Due to weather the St. John Vianney parish stations of the cross has been canceled today! Mass is still scheduled for 7:00 PM.

Tickets for sale! for the Confirmation & First Communion Reception. April 11, 2026. 5:30 PM (after Mass) at the Fort Kent Knights of Columbus Hall. $15 per ticket. Please Purchase at the parish office.

Holy Thursday: 7pm @ St. Louis. Holy Friday: 7pm @ St. Louis. Holy Saturday: 8pm @ St. Louis. Easter: 8am @ St. Joseph; 9am @ St. Louis; 11am @ St. Mary; 11am @ St. Charles.

In-Person only baptism preparation class. Register by calling: 207-835-3984. REQUIRED to attend: Parents & Godparents. INVITED: grandparents & any faith filled friend or relative.

Our parish bulletins are provided at no cost to us thanks to the generous support of the advertisers shone in the back. If you know a local business owner who would like to support our parish while also reaching our community, please contact the parish office or the representative listed on the back of the bulletin.

Interested in videos about our faith? Check out the "Video" page on our website.

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ST. LOUIS: Mon. 3/23 @ 4pm-6pm; Tues. 3/24 @ 4pm-6pm; Thurs. 3/26 @ 4pm-6pm; Fri. 3/27 4-6. ST. CHARLES, ST. JOSEPH, ST. MARY: 3/28-3/29 after Mass.

To Lenten available Lenten devotions. A Bible Study starting FEBRUARY 19, 2026 & a 40 Hour Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament on MARCH 22 TO MARCH 24, 2026...

At St. Louis, the Precious Blood Is Returning for All. Starting April 5th.

We would like to thank everyone who attended & was involved in the Combined Altar Server & Eucharistic Minister Training on March 8, 2026. The training was a success! And we hope that the lessons of reverence will not stop only with the attendees but spread throughout the whole parish.

The Mass of the Oils will be held on Wed, April 1st, 2026, @ St. Bruno-St. Remi, 174 Main Street, Van Buren, ME @ 6:30PM. All are invited to attend!

The Fort Kent Columbiette Aux# 1934 officers, recently met with their Columbiette Chaplain, Msgr. Rev. Fr. Jean-Paul Labrie, to reflect and celebrate on the end of another successful Columbiette year. We are thankful and appreciative of the parishioners of the St. John Vianney Parish for their continued participation in our sale of the Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Spiritual Bouquets. Chairman Ruth Thibeault presents a check of $2,600.00 to Msgr. Rev. Fr. Jean-Paul Labrie to be used for the purchase of some Liturgical Supplies for the St. John Vianney Parish. Thank you everyone!