Respect Life Month is celebrated each October, providing opportunities to reflect more deeply on the value of each human life and on efforts to protect life from conception to natural death.
The month of October is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. On October 7, we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in honor of the Blessed Mother. October was also the month in which Mary appeared for the last time to shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, urging them to "say the rosary every day to obtain peace for the world."
A Eucharistic Encounter Night of Healing, which will include the sacrament of the anointing of the sick, will be held at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Bucksport.
Fr. Brad Morin and Fr. Erin Donlon of the Office of Vocations will be traveling around the state to preach about vocations to the priesthood. Their second visit will be to St. Therese and St. Matthew Parishes in Sanford and Limerick