St. Patrick’s Event, Hingham. Join us at Resurrection Church, 1057 Main Street, at 2:00 p.m. for a brief talk by Mairead Doherty on the writings of St. Patrick from the fifth century. The talk will be followed by a lively concert of Irish music. There will be a $15 suggested donation at the door; students 18 and younger are admitted free.

Ash Wednesday, Wakefield. The Lazarus Center for Healing Shrine, 47 Butler Avenue, will offer a rosary at 8:30 a.m. Holy Masses will be at 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., and ashes will be distributed from 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. For more information, visit our website, www.healingshrine.org.

Healing Service, Wakefield. The Lazarus Center for Healing Shrine, 47 Butler Avenue, will offer a Healing Service at 2:00 p.m. The service begins with adoration, confession, and the rosary. The celebration of Holy Mass will follow at 3:00 p.m., after which the Healing Team will administer the Sacrament of the Sick and a personal healing prayer. For more information, future Healing Service dates, testimonies from those who had a healing, and any updates, visit our website, www.healingshrine.org.

Lenten Evening, Danvers. The Danvers Collaborative of St. Mary of the Annunciation and St. Richard of Chichester invites you to join a prayerful and inspirational Lenten Evening, “Renewal of the Heart,” with Father Martin of St. Basils, Cursillo. It will take place at St. Mary of the Annunciation Church, 24 Conan Street, at 7:00 p.m.; there will be a free-will offering. For more information, contact 978-774-7575.

Healing Service, Medway. Father Francisco Anzoategui will celebrate Mass, followed by an opportunity for individual prayer, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Church, 151 Village Street. Confession is available from 6:00 to 6:50 p.m. Elevator access from the parking lot level. A free-will offering will be taken.

Healing Service, Duxbury. A Healing Service, led by Deacon Jack Sullivan, will take place in the chapel at Holy Family Church, 601 Tremont Street, on the third Friday of every month. The event will begin with Evening Prayer at 5:00 p.m., followed by Benediction before the Healing Service. In July 2009, Pope Benedict XVI announced that Deacon Jack’s sudden and remarkable healing from a crippling spinal injury -- after prayer for Cardinal John Henry Newman’s intercession -- was a miracle, which led to Cardinal Newman’s beatification in September 2010. Deacon Jack will bless attendees with a relic of St. John Henry Newman. For more information, contact Deacon Jack at 781-563-2107.

Rosary Playgroup, Stoughton. Moms and Tots Rosary Playgroup meets the third Friday of the month from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. at St. James Parish Hall, 560 Page Street. Learn to pray the rosary, enjoy coffee and doughnuts, and meet other local mothers. For more information, call 781-886-6073.

Presentation, Hingham. The Hingham Collaborative is hosting Father Kevin O’Brien, SJ, author of “An Ignatian Adventure” (19th annotations of the Spiritual Exercises) and his latest, “Seeing with the Heart: A Guide to Navigating Life’s Adventures,” at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 24, and Tuesday, March 25, at Resurrection (1057 Main Street). These nights will be free and open to the public, with ample parking.