Saturday

Yard sale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., to benefit the Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Haiti Project, held on the Deering High School lawn, Stevens Avenue and Ludlow Street.

Saturday and Sunday

Soul Feast: Gospel Tent Meeting, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day, with speakers, activities, music, games and vendors. Free event is held at the “Jesus” tent at the intersection of routes 9 and 9A, Wells. For details, visit soulfeast2015.org.

Sunday

Brothers of Christian Instruction, 10:15 a.m. groundbreaking for a new retirement facility for the care of elderly members, followed by an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. with exhibits and tours of the buildings and grounds. Events are being held as part of the “Year of Consecrated Life” celebration. The Brothers are located on Shaker Hill, Alfred.

25th anniversary Mass, 10:30 a.m., Mass celebrated by Bishop Robert P. Deeley. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Fryeburg.

Discussion and brunch, 10:30 a.m., with Rabbi Shim Maslin, author of “Uncle Sol’s Women.” Adas Yoshuron Synagogue, 50 Willow St., Rockland. Visit adasyoshuron.org for details.

New England Summer Music Festival, 6 p.m., featuring Ken Medema, vocalist, pianist and composer, with organist Mark Thallander and the church choir. Court Street Baptist Church, 129 Court St., Auburn. An offering will be taken.

Other

Maureen Provencher has been named the new director of youth and young adult ministry for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, effective Sept.14. She is a Biddeford native and holds a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from St. Michael’s College in Vermont. In 1992, she became director of youth ministry for St. Louis Parish in Fort Kent and worked as a pastoral associate for St. Mary Parish in Wells from 1994 to 1996. She has also served as the director of youth ministry for the Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, from 1996 to 2000 prior to becoming director of ministry for youth at St. Mary Parish in Chelmsford, Mass. In 2003, Provencher was appointed New England regional manager of blood donor recruitment for Hemacare Corporation/Coral Blood Services in Scarborough until joining RCL Benziger Catholic Publishing in 2006, where she is currently a senior regional sales representative. She is also a published author and has contributed to several books.

A summer fundraising challenge by a former St. Dominic Academy student has exceeded its goal. Donald Dion, a 1972 graduate of St, Dominic Academy, had pledged to match every dollar donated to the scholarship fund up to a maximum of $75,000. By the deadline, more than $150,000 has been raised and an upcoming reception will be held to honor all the donors and volunteers who contributed. For more information, visit www.StDomsMaine.org or contact Wayne Zimmerman, advancement director at St. Dominic Academy, at 207-782-6911 or wayne.zimmerman@portlanddiocese.org.

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