There will be no morning Mass on Tuesday 4.3.

A course for English speakers who wish to improve their Finnish language skills for masses and prayers will continue on Tuesday 4.3. at 6.45 pm in the parish hall.

The time of Lent begins on Wednesday 5^th of March, which is the Ash Wednesday. Lent is a time of penance, conversion and preparation for Easter. The best way of our spiritual renewal is to receive sacraments of confession and Eucharist, prayer, fast and charity work.

Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fasting means partaking of only one full meal and of two light meals. In addition, all Catholics that are 14 years old and older must abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. There will be Holy Mass in Finnish on the Ash Wednesday at 7.30 am, 2 pm and 6 pm. Mass in English will be celebrated at 4 pm. We will raise fund during the Lent to help the poor.

A Holy Mass for the soul of fr. Frans Voss SCJ will be celebrated on Thursday 6.3. at 6 pm. Bishop Raimo Goyarrola will preside the Mass.

The Lay group of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will have their monthly meeting on Tursday, 6.3., in the parish hall after the evening mass. All interested are welcome!

There will be an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday 7.3. in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The adoration will start after the evening Mass and will last till 10 pm.

The First Communion and Confirmation classes in Finnish will take place on Saturday 8.3.

We invite children from 5 to 8 years old to a Sunday school in Finnish. The meeting will take place on Sunday 9.3. at 10 am in the parish hall.

We will celebrate the Stations of the Cross in English on Sundays at 5.30 pm.

The palm branches, which were blessed last year on the Palm Sunday, can be brought to a basket in the entrance of the church for ashing.

We invite all couples planning to get married to a marriage course. The marriage course is a very important part of the preparation before marriage. The marriage course starts on Tuesday 22nd of April 2025 at 6.45 pm in the parish hall and consists of six meetings. The course will be held in Finnish and English.

Fr. Frans Voss SCJ has been called to the Heavenly home on the February 26, 2025. At the time of passing, he was 89 years old. Fr. Frans Voss was part of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and took his first vows on 7.10.1955. As a priest, he was ordained on the December 18, 1960. He was well known in Finland, where he lived decades of his life. The last years he spent in his home country, the Netherlands.

The Holy Mass for the soul of fr. Frans Voss will be celebrated on the 6.3.2025 at 6 PM in St. Mary’s Parish. The Mass will be presided by the Bishop Raimo Goyarrola.

Catechism class for adults will be held on Thursday 27.2. after the evening Mass in the parish hall.

There will be a Mass in Hyvinkää on Saturday 1.3. at 4 pm in the Old church (Vanha kirkko).

The palm branches, which were blessed last year on the Palm Sunday, can be brought to a basket in the entrance of the church for ashing.

A new Catholic school will open in Helsinki in August 2025, combining the strengths of the Finnish education system, the richness of multiculturalism and Catholic values. The school will start with a common class for grades 1-3. Enrolment is open! Parents are encouraged to enrol their children in the school by 28 February 2025. More information on the diocesan website.

We invite all couples planning to get married to a marriage course. The marriage course is a very important part of the preparation before marriage. The marriage course starts on Tuesday 22^nd of April 2025 at 6.45 pm in the parish hall and consists of six meetings. The course will be held in Finnish and English.

A course for English speakers who wish to improve their Finnish for masses and prayers will continue on Tuesday 18.2. at 6:45 pm in the parish hall.

The charismatic prayer group will gather on Friday 21.2. after the evening Mass in the parish hall.

We invite children from 5 to 8 years old to a Sunday school in Finnish. The meeting will take place on Sunday 23.2. at 10 am in the parish hall.

A new Catholic school will open in Helsinki in August 2025, combining the strengths of the Finnish education system, the richness of multiculturalism and Catholic values.
The school will start with a common class for grades 1-3. Enrolment is open! Parents are encouraged to enrol their children in the school by 28 February 2025. More information on the diocesan website.