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April issue of Fides

8/4/2016

The April 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.

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Anders Hamberg ordained on June 7

5/5/2014

Deacon Anders Hamberg will be ordained a priest at St Henry's Cathedral at noon on Saturday, June 7.

You can support the beginning of his life as a priest by making a donation to a bank account opened by St Bridget's and Blessed Hemming's Parish:
FI09 4055 4920 0083 96.

Anders Hamberg as a newly ordained deacon with Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ.

Language signs on confessionals at St Henry's

23/4/2014

During Lent most Catholic Churches offer penitents more opportunities to go to confession than during the rest of the year. At St Henry's Cathedral there are now convenient signts outside the confessionals when they are in use: when a priest comes to hear confession, he places a velco-fastened sign on the door giving his name and the languages he can hear confession in.

Language signs outside confessionals have long been in use in other countries, but has this excellent practice spread to other churches in the Diocese of Helsinki?

St Henry's also takes care to provide the information on the priests' lanugages on their website.

A different kind of wedding video

9/4/2014

Father Ray Kelly of County Meath, Ireland, surprises bride and groom as well as the guests at this wedding with his singing.

Take a look at this video, which shows that sometimes a standing ovation is just the thing - for instance when a priest pulls out Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah with new lyrics for the occasion instead of the expected blessing at the end.

For more information about the singing priest and his surprise, please click here.

Pope says "Go to confession!"

20/2/2014

On Wednesday, February 19, Pope Francis told his audience to "Go to confession!"

It was during Wednesday's General Audience that the pope asked those gathered at St Peter's Square how long it was since their last confession. Two days? Two weeks? Two years? Watch the video here!

As we are heading into Lent, we encourage our readers to follow the advice of the pope and go to confession. If you would like to learn more about the Sacrament of Penance, please click here for a link to the section on Confession in the Cathecism of the Catholic Church

April issue of Fides

Anders Hamberg ordained on June 7

Language signs on confessionals at St Henry's

A different kind of wedding video

Pope says "Go to confession!"

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