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Visit of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux to Finland

31/10/2018

The relic pilgrimage of the Nordic visit of the Saints of Lisieux reached Finland on Thursday, October 25. The relics of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus - also known as Thérèse of Lisieux - and her parents, Saints Louis and Zélie, toured Finland beginning in Oulu, through Turku and Helsinki, with the visit concluding at the Carmelite Convent in Espoo.

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Girl welcoming the reliquaries with rose petals at St Henry's Cathedral in Helsinki. Photo: Gabriel Salmela OP

Apostolic Visitation of the Syro-Malabar Faithful in Finland

21/5/2018

Bishop Stephen Chirappanath, Apostolic Visitator for the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Europe, is making an Apostolic Visitation of the Syro-Malabar faithful in Finland and is celebrating Holy Mass in Malayalam at 9.30 a.m. on June 16th at St. Henry’s Cathedral in Helsinki.

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the second-largest Eastern Catholic Church in the world with over 4.6 million members worldwide, is based in Kerala, India and traces its origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century in Kerala, India.

Bishop Stephen Chirappanath, the Apostolic Visitator for the Syro-Malabar faithful residing in Europe, bearing the Episcopal title of Slebte, and covering all European countries except the UK will be visiting Finland for the first time on June 15th and 16th, 2018.

Bishop Stephen Chirappanath

Bishop Stephen Chirappanath will have an official meeting with Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ on June 15th and he will be celebrating Mass in Malayalam for the Syro-Malabar faithful in Finland at St Henry’s Cathedral at 9.30 a.m. on June 16th.

Fides 5/2018 available on our Fides page

16/5/2018

The May issue of the diocesan magazine Fides has been published. You will find it as well as other recent issues of the magazine on our new page katolinen.net/fides. The new page is also conveniently available in the top menu of the site.

At the bottom of the page there is a small archive of recent issues of Fides.

Fides 4/2018

17/4/2018

The April 2018 issue of the diocesan magazine Fides has been published. Click here or on the cover to read the latest issue of Fides in pdf format.

Fides 3/2018

13/3/2018

The March 2018 issue of the diocesan magazine Fides has been published. Click here or on the cover to read the latest issue of Fides in pdf format.

Caritas Lenten Action

Caritas Finland's Lenten Collection 2018 supports vocational training for Palestinian women in refugee camps in Lebanon. Read more: caritas.fi/lent

Fides 2/2018

12/2/2018

The February 2018 issue of the diocesan magazine Fides has been published. Click here or on the cover to read the latest issue of Fides in pdf format.

Remember the Lenten Collection!

Caritas Finland's Lenten Collection 2018 supports vocational training for Palestinian women in refugee camps in Lebanon. Read more: caritas.fi/lent

Fides 1/2018

15/1/2018

The January 2018 issue of the diocesan magazine Fides has been published. Click here or on the cover to read the latest issue of Fides in pdf format.

In this issue of Fides the Bishop also gives his new directions on how to pay your Church Membership Fee.

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Fides 12/2017

12/12/2017

The December 2017 issue of the diocesan magazine Fides has been published. Click here or on the cover to read the latest issue of Fides in pdf format.