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The Biking for Babies missionaries participated in the 8:00 AM Mass at Saint Anne Catholic Parish in Gorham, celebrated by Fr. Patrick. What an honorable mission!

It was a great blessing to host these wonderful young folks in Standish last week! There’s a long history of summer events for Maine Catholic teenagers on the Saint Joseph's College of Maine campus, extending at least to the 1990s. The last time an event like this was held on the SJC campus was 2019. “TO THE HEIGHTS!”

Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland Bishop James Ruggieri will join us for 8:00 PM Mass this evening at Saint Joseph's College of Maine to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation for Alexander Chamorro! Come join us! Confessions available 7:00-7:40 PM.

Mass today at SJC will be at 5:00 PM (not 8:00 as usual). Come join us!

Here are the Holy Week schedules for the Healy Chapel at Saint Joseph's College of Maine and Saint Anthony of Padua Parish, the Catholic community of Windham, Gorham, and Westbrook. Visit stanthonysparish.org for more information.

Here’s a synopsis of spiritual life events at SJC and in our local parish this week. The special “The Light is On for You” confession times available in the parish churches are included as well. For more information, check out https://stanthonysparish.org.

A powerful meditation from today’s Magnificat magazine: “Radical dependence on the Father and obedience to Him enabled Him to accomplish marvelously bold and vibrant things that are the opposite of limp indifference. …Christian dependence on God produces attitudes and deeds of freedom, while most often the so-called ‘successful’ people of this world labor under a slavery that puts glum looks on their faces and makes them prisoners of apathy. …The basis of our liberation must be found in our learning how to turn to the Father with Jesus…with great joy coming from humility and the recognition that, before God, we must be nothing other than babbling children. This is what Jesus’ disciple must learn, the freedom of the babbling child on his Father’s lap.” – Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis (Fr. Simeon, OCSO)

Bishop Ruggieri will join us for Mass in the Healy Chapel at the special time of 11:00 AM tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 25) prior to the Being Human panel discussion in the afternoon. Come join us!

MEET OUR SPEAKER: Most Reverend James Reggieri, Bishop of Portland

We are deeply honored to announce that The Most Reverend James Thomas Ruggieri, Bishop of Portland, will be a featured panelist for our upcoming Humanities Forum, "Being Human: How to Navigate Conflict and Work for Peace."

The Most Reverend James Thomas Ruggieri was named the thirteenth bishop of Portland by His Holiness Pope Francis on February 13, 2024, and was ordained and installed as Bishop of Portland on May 7, 2024, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland.

Bishop Ruggieri was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on January 12, 1968, to the late John A. Ruggieri, Jr. and Irene (Paolino) Ruggieri. The youngest of four sons, he was educated in the Barrington, Rhode Island, public school system. He is a 1986 graduate of Barrington High School.

He attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, then Providence College where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies in 1990. Following his undergraduate education, he went on to receive a Master of Divinity from St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1994. He was ordained a deacon on April 23, 1994, at the seminary by Most Reverend Joseph J. Gerry, OSB, the Tenth Bishop of Portland, Maine. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Providence on June 24, 1995, at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul by the Most Reverend Louis E. Gelineau.

Join us to hear from Bishop Ruggieri and our other esteemed panelists to explore how we can find common ground and work toward a more peaceful, just society.

📍 Where: Saint Joseph's College of Maine, Viola George Auditorium, Alfond Hall
📅 When: February 25 | 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM
✨ Community Reception to follow!
Register today for free! https://ow.ly/UG7q50YeBCv

Very good news. These are two good men and we’re blessed to have them remaining in charge of Monks Athletics, now no longer only on an interim basis!

McDevitt & Sanborn to Lead Monks as Co-Directors of Athletics - Saint Joseph's College of Maine STANDISH, Maine – Joseph Cassidy, President of Saint Joseph's College of Maine, has announced that Mike McDevitt '83 and Will Sanborn '86 have been elevated to the roles of Co-Directors of Athletics.