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African Catholic Chaplaincy begins

5/6/2017

Father Leonard Wobilla

On Pentecost Sunday, Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ celebrated the inaugural Mass of the African Catholic Chaplaincy in Finland at St Mary's Church in Helsinki. Father Leonard Wobilla Shwei has been put in charge of the Chaplaincy and he cocelebrated the Mass with the Bishop and Father Montfort Okanwikpo Okaa SHL, who is visiting Finland.

Please note that African Masses will be celebrated at St Mary's at 11.30 a.m. on Sundays throughout the summer of 2017.

Photos as well as video footage from the Mass on June 4th is available on the African Chaplaincy page.

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Mass on TV

23/2/2015

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On February 18, 2015, the Ash Wednesday Mass at St Mary's Church in Helsinki was filmed and broadcast on YLE1 the following Sunday. The next four weeks you can watch the Mass on YLE Areena here.

Here you will find a slideshow from the Mass.

Fr Ryszard Mis SCJ during the Ash Wednesday Mass. Photo: Screengrab from YLE Areena.

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Children's Club in Tikkurila meets on January 15

9/1/2015

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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.

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Sister Benedicta laid to rest

21/11/2014

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On Friday, November 21, a funeral Mass was said for Sister Benedicta Idefelt CSC at Saint Mary's Church in Helsinki. In the afternoon Sister Benedicta, known outside Catholic circles in Finland for her autobiography Viipurista Vatikaaniin, which details her journey from then-Finnish Vyborg to working in the Vatican, was buried in the Catholic cemetary in Turku.

Those who wish to remember Sister Benedicta can do so by making a donation to the work her order does to help children in Brazil via Caritas Finland's account: FI73 8000 1270 1545 04. Please use the reference number 2325.

The funeral Mass was said by Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ. Photo: Ilona Ennelin

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Fides August issue

12/8/2014

The August issue of Fides has been published. Click here or on the cover to read Fides 8/2014 in pdf format.

Welcoming Team's autumn programme available

9/8/2014

The Welcoming Team of the Catholic parishes in Helsinki has announced its programme for the 2014 autumn season. Join the Team for a picnic in Kaivopuisto park on the last Sunday of August or pick one (or all!) of the other themes for the meetings. Get to know the Church better and meet new people!

August 31 - Why one’s home should be blessed (picnic at Kaivopuisto)
September 14 - The Catholic Church in South America
October 12 - St. John Paul II
November 9 - Pope Francis’ new papal document Evangelii Gaudium
December 14 - Pre-Christmas party

Programme in pdf format

New Catholic Children's Club in Vantaa

14/5/2014

In the autumn of 2014 a Catholic Children's Club will see the light of day in Tikkurila, Vantaa. Club meetings will be held at 16–18 every other Thursday.

For more information, please click here.

Click on the image to find out more.

Liturgy in Ukrainian in Turku on Saturday, Helsinki on Sunday

13/3/2014

The divine liturgy will be celebrated in Ukrainian at St Bridget's in Turku on Saturday. A visiting priest will celebrate the liturgy in Ukraininan and a cantor sings in Finnish.

On Sunday, March 16, the divine liturgy is celebrated in Ukrainian at St Mary's Church at 1 p.m.

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Liturgy in Ukrainian in Turku on Saturday, Helsinki on Sunday

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