An “Advent Lessons & Carols” presentation is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17, at St. Rose of Lima Church, 1 Church St. in Jay.

The evening will feature chant, polyphony, carols, and readings of the season.

The sounds of the season, and the evening, will come from the newly installed and historic Tilton organ, under the direction of organist Philip Fournier.

Lathrop C. Tilton built the organ in his shop in East Livermore in 1868. The organ at St. Rose of Lima was originally built for a church in Leeds and was eventually moved to a Methodist church in Hallowell.

In 2004, it was taken out of service, packed, and preserved by David E. Wallace & Co. in Gorham.

Wallace, his son Nick, and others began restoration work in 2020, preserving as much of the original instrument as possible, They finished installing the organ at St. Rose of Lima in July.

The casing of the organ façade is the original from the 1860s. The organ was blessed in November by Fr. Paul Dumais, pastor of St. Rose of Lima.

For more information, call the parish at 207-897-2173.