
YORK COUNTY — Good Shepherd Parish is changing the schedule of Masses for Catholic worshippers for the summer.
On May 26, the 5:30 p.m. Saturday summertime Mass at St. Brendan Chapel in Biddeford Pool resumed for the season and the chapel will be adding a Sunday morning Mass at that location at 9:30 a.m. on June 24.
While St. James School students are enjoying the summer recess, the 8:30 a.m. Wednesday Mass celebrated at the school will move for the summer and become an 8 a.m. Mass at St. Margaret Church in Old Orchard Beach starting June 20.
On Sunday, June 24, the two Sunday Masses at St. Margaret Church in Old Orchard Beach will start at 8 and 9:30 a.m. in an effort to avoid summertime traffic. Mass on Saturdays will start at 4 p.m. at St. Margaret throughout the summer months.
Masses at St. Joseph Church in Biddeford for the summer will be at 4 p.m. Saturdays and at 8 and 11 a.m. on Sundays. At St. Anne Chapel in St. Joseph Church, Mass is celebrated at 7 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays.
For worshippers attending Most Holy Trinity Church in Saco, Mass will be offered at 4 p.m. on Saturdays, and at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. on Sundays. A 9 a.m. Mass is celebrated on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays at Most Holy Trinity.
During the summer, Masses at St. Philip Church in Lyman will be celebrated at 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and 9 a.m. Sundays. A Mass on Wednesdays and Thursday starts at 9 a.m. at St. Philip.
Churches in Good Shepherd Parish include St. Brendan Chapel at 40 Lester B. Orcott Blvd. in Biddeford Pool; St. Margaret Church at 6 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach; Most Holy Trinity Church at 271 Main St. in Saco; St. Philip Church at 404 Goodwins Mill Road in Lyman; and St. Joseph Church and St. Anne Chapel at 178 Elm St. in Biddeford.
Monsignor René Mathieu is the pastor of Good Shepherd Parish.
— Executive Editor Ed Pierce can be reached at 282-1535 ext. 326 or by email at editor@journaltribune.com
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