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The time of Lent begins on Wednesday 14^th of February, 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 14 years old and older must abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. There will be Holy Mass in English on the Ash Wednesday at 7.30 am and Mass in Finnish at 6 pm. The Mass at 6 pm will be recorded by the television and broadcasted on the following Sunday at 10 am. We will raise fund during the Lent to help the poor.

There will be no confession or adoration on Monday evening.

The Charismatic prayer group will gather on Friday 17.2 at 6.45 pm in the parish hall.

There will be First Communion and Confirmation classes on Saturday 17.2 10 am.

There will be a retreat in Vietnamese on Saturday 17.2 at 11 am in the church.

Mass in Hyvinkää will be celebrated on Saturday 17.2 at 4 pm in the Old church.

We invite young people 13 to 19 years old to a youth group meeting on Saturday 17.2 at 6 pm in the parish hall.

There will be Mass in Arabic at 1 pm and Mass in German at 2.30 pm on Sunday 18.2.

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