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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.

Have a look at more photos here!

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 10/2016

17/10/2016

The October 2016 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.

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.

Where do the Palm Sunday palms come from?

18/3/2016

The Catholic News Agency recently published an article on where the palms for Palm Sunday come from. In the United States, there are southern states where palms grow and which can be harvested for fresh leaves for Palm Sunday, but in Finland there are no palm trees. So where do our palm leaves come from?

Katolinen.net checked with a couple of the Catholic parishes in Finland, and it turns out there are various ways of getting palm leaves. St Henry's Cathedral Parish uses both big and small palm leaves. The big ones come to the Cathedral from Italy, the small ones are purchased locally, through a wholesaler. Holy Cross Parish in Tampere also uses a local wholesaler, which sources its palm fronds in the Netherlands. There is no centralised system for the parishes in Finland to purchase the palm fronds for Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday with Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ at St Henry's Cathedral in Helsinki.

Jubilee of Mercy has begun

14/12/2015

The Jubilee of Mercy began on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 2015. In Rome Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St Peter's and in Helsinki Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ celebrated a festive Mass at St Henry's Cathedral.
On Sunday, December 13, the Cathedral's Door of Mercy was also opened.

Pope Francis opens the Door of Mercy at St Peter's. Photo: Screengrab from the webcast on the Vatican's YouTube channel.

Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ and Father Marco Pasinato, Parish Priest of St Henry's Cathedral Parish, outside the Door of Mercy at St Henry's Cathedral, Helsinki. For more photos go to St Henry's website.
Photo: St Henry's Cathedral Parish

Synod questions on St Henry's website

26/3/2015

The Nordic Bishops' Conference has encouraged Catholics in the Nordic countries to assist this year's Synod of the Family by replying to the Synod's so-called Lineamenta questions. Time is limited, however: you need to respond befre the beginning of April. However, you can now give your replies to the Lineamenta questions at on St Henry's Cathedral Parish website.

On the page henrik.katolinen.fi/lineamenta the Linaementa text of the Synod Fathers is followed by a series of 46 questions. Unlike the corresponding Vatican page you can give your answers by filling in the boxes on the page. When you click the Submit button at the bottom of the page your replies will be sent automatically to the Vicar General of the Diocese of Helsinki. Please note that you must reply in English. You can choose to answer all the questions or only some of them.

You can also reply by e-mail (in English) directly to yleisvikaari@katolinen.fi. Please write ”Synod 2015” in the subject line and remember to reply before April 1, 2015.

Children's Club in Tikkurila meets on January 15

9/1/2015

The Catholic Children's Club started in the autumn of 2014in Tikkurila, Vantaa, continues in the spring of 2015. Club meetings will be held at 16–18 every other week. The first meetings of the spring season is on Thursday, January 15. From February onwards the meetings are on Wednesdays. You will find the full list of dates on the Club's page.

For more information about the club, please contact Juho Kyntäjä (juho.kyntaja@elisanet.fi or phone 040-5176972). The main language of the club is Finnish, but Juho also speaks English, so don't hesitate to get in touch.