Registration is now open for our parish summer camp for youth aged 14–18 at Leirikartano in Sastamala! The participation fee is €120 (including travel).

The camp is a great opportunity to get to know other Catholic youth, have fun in good company, and grow deeper in your faith. This year’s theme is: “Dare to live for love!”

You can find more information here and register yourself / your child here.

The Holy Week begins today. 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 15.4. 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 begins 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.
• Good Friday – the celebration of Jesus’ passion and death. A prayer in Malayalam will begin at 10.30 am, prayer in Vietnamese at 12.30. The Way of the Cross in Finnish begins at 2 pm; the Good Friday liturgy in Finnish will be at 3 pm. Confession starts at 2 pm. The liturgy of the Good Friday in English will begin at 6 pm. Good Friday is a day of fasting 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.
• On the Holy Saturday, there will be a traditional blessing of the Easter food at 11 am, solemn Easter Vigil at 9.30 pm, and a blessing of the food after the Vigil
• On the Holy Saturday, the youth group gathers at 16 pm in the parish hall for discussion and prayer.
• on the Easter Sunday, bishop Raimo’s solemn Mass in Finnish will be at 10 am, Mass in Vietnamese at 11.30 am, Mass in Polish at 4 pm and Mass in English at 6 pm.

We encourage all parishioners to attend the sacrament of reconciliation before Easter. There is an opportunity for confession on Monday and Wednesday at 4.45 pm, on Thursday after the evening Mass.
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.

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

We encourage all parishioners to attend the sacrament of reconciliation before Easter. There is an opportunity for confession on weekdays at 4.45 pm, on Saturday at 5.30 pm and Sundays half an hour before the 10 am and 6 pm Masses.
During Lent we can help the poor through the Caritas Finland. The Lenten Collection 2025 supports those in need in Finland. Caritas helps migrants, the lonely and low-income families. Your donation enables camp support for children and youth, Christmas gift cards, and personal guidance and counseling. You can donate via Caritas website www.caritas.fi, directly to Caritas’ bank account or to the donation box in the church.

The Lectio Divina Bible sharing group will gather on Tuesday 8.4. after the evening Mass in the parish hall.

The Legion of Mary gathers on Thursdays after the evening Mass.

The charismatic group gathers on Friday 12.4. after the Way of the Cross.

There will be a meeting for all altar servers on Saturday 12.4. at 10 am. in the church.

There will be a concert of Polish Lenten songs on Saturday 12.4. at 4 pm. Free admission. Welcome!

The Sunday school for children will begin at 9.45 on the next Sunday 13.4.

Next Sunday, 13.4., is the Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. On the Palm Sunday we celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.  The blessing of palm branches will begin at 10 am at the front of the English school, followed by a joyful procession to the church and the Mass. You are welcome to bring your own palm or other branches to be blessed. There will be no Stations of the Cross before the Mass and no Mass for children at 11.30.

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.