The renovation of the church facade will start next week and will take about five months. During this time, attention must be paid to safety around the site. The renovation is a major financial effort for our parish. It will cost about 210 000 Euros. We hope that all parishioners will support our church for the renovation.

There will be an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday 6.6. in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The adoration will start after the evening Mass and will last till 10 pm.

We invite children from 5 to 8 years old to a Sunday school in Finnish. The meeting will take place on Sunday 8.6. at 10 am in the parish hall.

A pilgrimage on foot to the place where St Henry was killed in Köyliö starts on Friday 13^th June and lasts three days. More information on the notice board. The pilgrimage by bus is on Sunday 15.6. The bus leaves at 9.00 from St. Henry’s Cathedral. Registration at the St. Henry’s parish office.

Our parish is organizing a Jubilee pilgrimage on Saturday 5.7. The pilgrimage will be a 26 km walk from the former Carmelite monastery in Myllyjärvi to St. Henry’s Cathedral. The pilgrimage starts at 8:30 am with Morning Prayer and ends in the evening at the cathedral. More information on the notice board and on the website.

A small exhibition “Eucharistic Miracles Around the World and Eucharistic Testimonies and Experiences in the Parish of St. Mary” will be organized in honor of the Corpus Christi celebration. We ask parishioners to anonymously write their own experiences of the Eucharist and Adoration in the feedback box in the church lobby by June 8th.

The Legion of Mary group gathers on Thursdays after the evening Mass in the parish hall. 

The charismatic prayer group gathers on Friday 9.5.  after the evening Mass in the parish hall. 

There will be the First Communion and Confirmation classes in English on Saturday 10.5 at 10 am. 

There will be a half day Bible conference “Encounter with Jesus” on Saturday 10.5. from 1 till 5 pm. 

We thank all those who took part in the preparation of the Holy Week liturgy. We thank our sacristans, our organist and our choir for wonderful music, altar servers, those who set the flowers in the church and in the parish hall. May God bless you.

The next week belongs to the Easter Octave.

On the Easter Monday Mass in Finnish will be celebrated at 10.00 am and Mass in English at 6 pm.

The marriage course starts on Tuesday 22^nd of April 2025 at 6.45 pm in the parish hall. The course will be held in Finnish and English.

The Legion of Mary group gathers on Thursdays after the evening Mass in the parish hall.

There will be a charismatic prayer meeting on Friday 26.4. after the evening Mass.

The Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated on the 27^th of April. The plenary indulgence is granted (under the usual conditions of a sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and a prayer for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff) to the faithful who, on Divine Mercy Sunday, in a spirit that is completely detached from the affection for a sin, even a venial sin, recite the Our Father and the Creed, and also adding a devout prayer (e.g. Merciful Jesus, I trust in you!).

We wish you a blessed Easter!

A week of prayers for the unity of Christians has begun on Saturday 18^th of January. More information on the website ekumenia.fi. Let us remember to pray for the unity of Christians. The Finnish Ecumenical Council needs our financial support; we can put our donations into a box at the back of the church on your right during the week of prayers.

The evening Mass on Monday 20.1. will be celebrated in English. There will be no confession before adoration.

A course for English speakers who wish to improve their Finnish for masses and prayers will continue on Tuesday 21.1. at 6.45 pm in the parish hall.

A Catechism class for adults will take place on Thursday 23.1. after the evening Mass in the parish hall.

The charismatic prayer group gathers on Friday 24.1 after the evening Mass in the parish hall.

The conversion of St. Paul will be celebrated on Saturday 25.1.

The Jubilee Year 2025 begins in our diocese on Sunday 29.12.2024. The Jubilee Year invites us to strengthen our spiritual life and to open ourselves to God’s grace. Gathering and opening liturgy at the German Church in Helsinki (Unioninkatu 1) at 12:30 PM, followed by a procession to St. Henry’s Cathedral, where the Pontifical Mass will be celebrated.

We will thank God for the past year 2024 on Tuesday 31.12. We thank our church workers, all volunteers and parishioners for their service, prayers and witness of faith.

The solemnity of Mary, Mother of God and the beginning of New Year will be celebrated on Wednesday 1.1. We will ask God’s blessing for the New Year. All Catholics have a privilege and the obligation to attend the Mass on Wednesday.

There will be an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday 3.1 in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The adoration will start after the evening Mass and will last till 10 pm.

Mass in Hyvinkää will be celebrated on Saturday 4.1 at 4 pm in the Old church (Vanha kirkko).

Stickers and prayers for the yearly home blessing are available in the porch. At the beginning pray together the Our Father and Hail Mary prayer, one reads the prayer of blessing and fixes the sticker. Donation for a sticker is 2 Euros to support the missionary work of the church.