There will be Mass in Karjaa, in St. Catharine church on Saturday 14.5 at 2 pm.

There will be Mass in Hungarian on the next Saturday 14.5 at 4 pm in St. Henry’s Cathedral.

Mass in German will be celebrated on the next Sunday 15.5 at 2.30 pm.

The diocesan administrator Fr. Marco Pasinato has announced that the epidemical restrictions have come to an end in the Diocese of Helsinki. Parishes return to their normal practices in their activities. However, it is recommended to maintain good hand and cough hygiene and to avoid coming to church if you have symptoms of Covid-19 or some other easily transmissible disease. From now on, the obligation to attend Mass in person on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation is in force again.

We will celebrate the commemoration of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the next Friday 6.5. The adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will start after the evening Mass and will last till midnight.

There will be an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on the next Saturday at 3.30 pm as the continuation of the “Encounter with Jesus” program.

Children’s First Communion in Finnish will be celebrated on the next Sunday 8.5 at 10 am.

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!).

The fundraising for the poor during the Lent brought nearly 900 Euros and the collection on the Palm Sunday 1900 Euros. Many thanks for your donations.

Two bazaars for the victims of the war in Ukraine have raised 3077 Euros. 75 boxes of supplies were sent. We thank the organizers and participants of the bazaars. The money has been sent to the community of the Sisters of Jerusalem in Warsaw.

There will be Mass in Vietnamese on the next Saturday 30.4 at 12.00.

We thank all those who took part in the preparation and the celebration 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.

There will be on the Easter Monday Mass in Finnish at 10 am, Mass in Vietnamese at 11.30 and Mass in English at 6 pm.

There will be an Ecumenical prayer for peace in Ukraine and in the whole world on the Easter Monday at 12.00 at the Senate Square in Helsinki.

There will be an Easter liturgy in Ukrainian on the next Saturday 23.4 at 12.30 pm.

There will be Mass in Hungarian on the next Saturday at 4 pm.

There will be Mass in Hyvinkää, in the Old church, on the next Saturday at 4 pm.

The Divine Mercy Sunday will be celebrated on the 24^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 invite children from 5 to 8 years old to a Sunday school in Finnish. The meeting will take place on the next Sunday, 24.4 at 10 am in the parish hall. There will be the Holy Mass in Finnish for children at 11.30 am.

We wish you a blessed time of Easter.

The Holy Week begins on the Palm Sunday. During the Holy Week we celebrate the mysteries of our Lord’s passion, death and resurrection, the central events of our salvation. Let us attend these celebrations with special devotion:

• The Chrism Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday 12.4 at 6 pm in St. Henry’s cathedral. There will be no evening Mass on Tuesday in our church.
• On the Holy Thursday we commemorate the Last Supper of the Lord and the institution of the Eucharist and the priesthood. This is a feast of all priests. Holy Mass at 6 pm. After the mass, there will be an all-night adoration. There is a list on the information board, please put your name to indicate the time of your prayer especially during the night.
• The Holy Thursday liturgy in Arabic will begin at 3.30.
• Good Friday – the celebration of Jesus’ passion and death. The liturgy begins at 3 pm. Confession starts at 2 pm. Good Friday is a day of fast and abstinence. Catholics between the ages of 18 until 60 are obliged to fast. In addition, all Catholics 14 years old and older must abstain from meat. Fasting means partaking of only one full meal and two small meals.
• The Stations of the Cross in Malayalam begin at 10.30 am. There will be a Good Friday’s liturgy in Arabic at 6 pm.
• on the Holy Saturday traditional blessing of the Easter food at 11 am., solemn Easter Vigil at 9.30 , blessing of the food after the Vigil
• on the Easter Sunday the bishop emeritus’ solemn Mass in Finnish at 10 am, Mass in Finnish at 11.30, Mass in English at 1 pm, Mass in German at 2.30 pm, Mass in Polish at 4 pm and Mass in English at 6 pm.

There will be a bazaar for the victims of the war in Ukraine on Sunday 10th of April from 10.00 to 19.00 in the parish hall. There will be pastries and various items on offer. The proceeds of the bazaar will be sent to the community of the Sisters of Jerusalem in Warsaw. The Sisters provide accommodation and meals for hundreds of Ukrainian refugees from the war.

We wish you a blessed Holy Week, peace and silence to meditate the Easter’s mysteries.