Hundreds of Maine teens and children will have the opportunity to participate in a weeklong Catholic youth program dedicated to teaching the Gospel.

Totus Tuus will be presented in 10 Maine communities during the summer. The program, organized by the Diocese of Portland’s Office of Vocations, leads participants on an age-appropriate encounter with the Catholic faith through content that inspires young people to live the call of the Gospel in today’s world.

Teams of men and women, including seminarians and college students, are hired each year through a rigorous selection process and spend the first two weeks of the summer in training. In collaboration with local pastors and parish coordinators, the teams spends the remainder of the summer traveling throughout the diocese conducting the program.

Totus Tuus features daily Mass, prayer, classroom teaching, lunch, games and more. Here is the 2021 Totus Tuus schedule in Maine (all are welcome to register for any location):

June 20-25
St. John Vianney Parish in Fort Kent
St. Joseph Parish in Farmington

June 27-July 2

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St. Mary of the Visitation Parish in Houlton
Corpus Christi Parish in Waterville

July 11-16
Good Shepherd Parish in Saco
Parish of the Precious Blood in Caribou

 July 25-30

St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Bangor

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Windham

August 1-6

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Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston

All Saints Parish in Brunswick

“Totus Tuus ego sum et omnia mea tua sunt” (“I am totally yours, and all that I have is yours”) begins the episcopal motto of the St. John Paul II.

“With these words, John Paul II inspired and continues to inspire men and women from all over the world to entrust their lives completely to Jesus Christ through the Virgin Mary,” said the Rev. Seamus Griesbach, director of the Office of Vocations. “Mary’s total devotion to the will of the Father is the model for Totus Tuus, as it seeks to respond to John Paul II’s urgent call for a ‘New Evangelization.’ We hope to instill these virtues in the young people.”

To register or for more information about the program, visit portlanddiocese.org/vocations/totustuus. The cost is $50 per student with a maximum of $100 per family.

The program, originally developed in the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, has proven to be successful in explaining the teachings of the Catholic Church to young people in both rural and urban settings. Participation in the program has exceeded 200,000 people in the U.S.

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