SANFORD — St. Thérèse of Lisieux Parish in Sanford is among six parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland that are partnering with the diocese’s Office of Vocations to offer the summer program Totus Tuus (“Totally Yours”) for the first time in Maine.

The program will be offered June 24 to June 29 in Sanford. Designed for first- to 12th-graders, it is led by a team of four college students and a diocesan seminarian. The team travels from parish to parish leading a week long program of learning and praying that demonstrates the joyful living of the Catholic faith, said Diocesan spokesman Dave Guthro.

Through age-appropriate content, young people are motivated and equipped to live the call of the Gospel in today’s world. 

The five other parishes offering the program are in Caribou, Lewiston, Scarborough, Waterville and Bangor.

“This program allows participants to encounter individuals who are joyful, living witnesses of the Catholic faith,” said Liam Gallagher, a seminarian of the Diocese of Portland who participated in the Totus Tuus sessions in Vermont last summer. “Students develop a deeper sense of faith and strengthen their relationship with Jesus Christ. They take the lessons and spiritual gifts of this program with them for the rest of their lives.”

To register online, visit www.portlanddiocese.org/vocations/totustuus.

For more information, contact the diocese at 773-6471.