The memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be celebrated on Monday 21.11.

St. Cecilia’s memorial will be celebrated on Tuesday 21.11. St. Cecilia is a patron saint of church music and musicians. We thank our organists Markku Mäkinen, Ann-Catrin Wecktröm and all members of choirs for their important service in our church. There will be a meeting for choirs’ members on Monday 21.11 after the evening Mass in the parish hall.

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

Mass in Lithuanian will be celebrated on Saturday 26.11.

We invite children from 5 to 8 years old to a Sunday school in Finnish. The meeting will take place on the next Sunday, 27.11 at 10 am in the parish hall. There will be the Holy Mass in Finnish for children at 11.30 am.

The liturgical time of Advent begins on Sunday 27.11.

We invite all 14 – 30 years old young people to participate in the World Youth Day in Portugal next year. More details on the information board.

There are 12 candidates to the new parish council. The list of candidates will be published in the church and on the website.

In November we pray especially for all the faithful departed. Everyone is invited to write and send us names of your departed relatives and friends by email: maria(ät)katolinen.fi. We will read these names in November during adorations and pray for them.

We support the Holy See with Sunday’s collection on the 13th of November.

There will be no evening Mass on Monday 14.11.

The Legion of Mary gathers on Friday 18.11 in the parish hall after the evening Mass.

There will be Mass in Hyvinkää on Saturday 19.11 at 4 pm in the Old Church (Vanha kirkko).

There will be Mass in Hungarian on Saturday 19.11 at 4 pm in St. Henry’s cathedral. Confession begins at 3 pm.

We will celebrate the solemnity of Jesus Christ, King of the Universe on Sunday 20.11.

We invite all 14 – 30 years old young people to participate in the World Youth Day in Portugal next year. More details on the information board.

We thank parishioners who regularly support our parish with the membership fee.

St. Mary’s parish is organizing parish council elections. A member of the parish may nominate himself/herself as a candidate, or may nominate another member of the parish, if in writing the person confirms his / her consent to the candidacy. The candidates must inform the Parish Priest in writing by 14.11.2022.

In November we pray especially for all the faithful departed. Everyone is invited to write and send us names of your departed relatives and friends by email: maria(ät)katolinen.fi. We will read these names in November during adorations and pray for them.

Those who will visit a graveyard and pray for the faithful departed from the 1^st until the 8^th of November can receive a plenary indulgence for the departed under the general conditions. In order to obtain it, the faithful must, in addition to being in the state of grace: have the interior disposition of complete detachment from sin, even venial sin; have sacramentally confessed their sins; receive the Holy Eucharist; pray for the intentions of the Pope.

There will be an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday 4.11 in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The adoration will start after the evening Mass and will last till midnight.

The All Souls day we will celebrate on Saturday 5.11. There will be Mass in Finnish at 10 am and Mass in Latin at 1 pm.

There will be a prayer for the faithful departed on the All souls day 5.11 at 1 pm at the Catholic quarter of the Malmi graveyard number 57k.

There will be an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with prayers in English exclusively for the Catholic priests in Finland on Saturday 5^th of November from 3.30 till 5 pm. More details on the bulletin board.

The All Saints solemnity will be celebrated on Sunday 6.11.

There will be Mass in Espoo, in the Olari chapel, on the next Sunday at 4 pm.

We invite all 14 – 30 years old young people to participate in the World Youth Day in Portugal next year. More details on the information board.

St. Mary’s parish is organizing parish council elections. A member of the parish may nominate himself/herself as a candidate, or may nominate another member of the parish, if in writing the person confirms his / her consent to the candidacy. The candidates must inform the Parish Priest in writing by 14.11.2022. Forms for nomination for candidacy can be obtained at St. Mary’s church, the parish office, the parish web site, and the parish hall. The duty of the parish council is to, under the leadership of the Parish Priest, take care of parish life, support and promote it, present opinions of the parishioners, as well as give opinions and make recommendations to other diocesan committees and councils. One member of the parish council is elected to the diocesan pastoral council to represent the parish.

The morning Masses at 8 am during the next week will be celebrated in English.

The memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch will be celebrated on Monday 17.10., the feast of St. Luke, the Evangelist on Tuesday 18.10 and St. Paul John II on Saturday 22.10.

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

There will be an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with prayers in English on Saturday 22^nd of October from 3.30 till 5 pm.

We invite children from 5 to 8 years old to a Sunday school in Finnish. The meeting will take place on the next Sunday, 23.10 at 10 am in the parish hall. There will be the Holy Mass in Finnish for children at 11.30 am.

We invite all 14 – 30 years old young people to participate in the World Youth Day in Portugal next year. More details on the information board.

We thank the organisers of last Sunday’s bazaar. The bazaar raised over 1000 Euros for our parish.