Saturday

“Discovering Our Faith in the Fullness of God,” starting at 8 a.m., 17th annual Maine State Charismatic Conference at Sacred Heart Church, 70 Pleasant St., Waterville. Cost is $5 per person, $7.50 per couple and $10 for a family. Participants should bring a brown bag lunch. To register, go to www.maineholyspirit.org. For details, call Sandi Guillemette at 324-4006.

Rummage sale, 8 to 11 a.m., Christ Church, 6 Dane St., Kennebunk.

Rummage and book sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Clark Memorial United Methodist Church, Forest and Pleasant avenues, Portland.

Rummage sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cressey Road United Methodist Church, off Route 25, Gorham.

“Stand Up for Religious Freedom,” noon, Gowan Park, Sanford. Rally for those concerned with a growing trend of government interference with Americans’ religious freedoms. There will be featured speakers and music. Voter registration will also be offered.

“Life without Fear,” 2 p.m., part of a series about domestic violence with speaker Ginny Luedeman. Free talk at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Camden.

Storytelling with Valerie Tutson, 2 to 4 p.m., workshop with performance of “Tales from Around the World,” 7 p.m., Second Congregational Church, 205 Main St., Norway. Tickets available at Books-n-Things, Main Street, Norway, and at the church office. Each event is $8 for adults and $5 for those under 18. Go to www.seconch.com or call 743-2290 for details.

“Love Free or Die,” 7 p.m., documentary about Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson. Unitarian Universalist Church of Saco and Biddeford, 60 School St., Saco.

Silent auction, 6 to 7:30 p.m., St. George’s Church, 3 Emerson St., Sanford. Call 324-8119 for details.

The Sweetest Sounds, 7 p.m., benefit performance of the music of Richard Rodgers and Irving Berlin by Nancy Durgin and Andrew Fenniman, with John Mulcahy. Episcopal Church of St. John Baptist, Thomaston. Admission is $12 for ages 12 and older. Call 354-7250.

“The Power of Two,” 7 to 9 p.m., 10th anniversary celebration of Friends of Kakamega which began among Quaker meetings in Maine by the efforts of Dorothy Selebwa and Sukie Rice. Celebration will be held at Presumscot School in Portland. Visit friendsofkakamega.org for a schedule.

SUNDAY

“Art for Mission Show and Sale,” 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., annual event to benefit church missions. Woodfords Church, 202 Woodford St., Portland.

“Feeding your body, feeding your soul,” 10:30 a.m., ChIME interfaith service at Portland New Church, 302 Stevens Ave., Portland.

St. Thomas School 40th anniversary celebration, 11 a.m. Mass at Holy Family Church, followed by lunch at the school. Both are on North Avenue, Sanford. There will also be a dedication of the memorial brick project. The public is invited to all events.

MONDAY

“The Changing Role of Religion in the Israel/Palestine Conflict,” 6:30 to 8 p.m., a Camden Conference presentation with Rabbi David Freidenreich, Pulver family assistant professor of religion at Colby College. Free program is open to the public at Adas Yoshuron Synagogue, 50 Willow St., Rockland. For more information, visit www.camdenconference.org or call 207-236-1034.

“A rabbi, a priest and a minister … How People of Faith Support Marriage Equality,” 7 p.m., panel discussion with four clergy from different faiths followed by a question and answer session. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Congress Street, Portland. Public is invited to attend.

TUESDAY

Vigil for peace, noon, in the garden at State Street Church, 159 State St., Portland. Rain location will be in the chapel. For more information, call 774-6396.

THURSDAY

Labyrinth walk, 4 to 7:30 p.m., indoor Chartres-style labyrinth for meditative walks at Trinity Episcopal Church, rear entrance, 580 Forest Ave., Portland. Allow about 30 minutes. For details, call 772-7421.

FRIDAY AND OCT. 20

Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst and author, will speak in Portland as part of a program presented by the C.G. Jung Center of Brunswick. “Trees and Tree Poeple: Greening Ourselves, Saving the Planet,” begins at 7 p.m. Friday and cost is $25 per person. On Saturday, the seminar “Grail, Goddesses, Circles and the Sacred Feminine,” will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $85 per person. Advanced registration is not required, but is advised. Both sessions are held at Woodfords Congregational Church in Portland. Visit www.mainejungcenter.org or call 729-0300 for more information.

“An Emerging Form of Christianity,” 7 p.m. Friday, talk with Marcus Borg, world renowned theologian and author. Borg will discuss “Being a Christian in the 21st Century” at 9 a.m. Saturday, Programs sponsored by the Maine Conference United Church of Christ and the University of Southern Maine Office of Religion and Spirituality and take place at USM’s Hannaford Hall, Portland. For more information, visit www.maineucc.org or call 846-5118.

OCT. 20

Holy Grounds Coffee House, 6:30 p.m., with Ak’iwacu Band, drummers of Burundi, and John Edwards and Annie Mvula of BeyondBlue. Doors open at 6:15 and dinner will be served. Free with donations gladly accepted. Church of the Holy Spirit, 1047 Congress St., Portland. For more information, call 874-9779.

OTHER

The first Native American saint, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, will be canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 21. Two deacons from Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Calais, Deacon George Stevens, a Passamaquoddy elder, and Deacon Richard Phillips-Doyle, a member of the tribe, along with three Sisters of Mercy who served in Pleasant Point, are among those who will be in Rome for the canonization ceremonies.

Blessed Kateri, known as the Lily of the Mohawks, was born in 1656 in modern-day upstate New York, to a Mohawk war chief and a Christian Algonquin mother. Kateri’s village was struck by smallpox when she was 4 years old, leaving her orphaned. Despite being cared for by an uncle deeply opposed to Christianity, she devoted her life to God and was baptized by a Jesuit missionary when she was 20.

Blessed Kateri is revered by many Native Americans, including members of the Passamaquoddy Nation. There is a shrine to her at St. Ann Church on Pleasant Point, and when several Washington County parishes merged in 2008, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha was chosen as the name for the new parish.

Several events have been held in honor of her canonization and there will be a presentation to parishioners after the Rome ceremony.