Photo: Catholic Information Service The solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ is celebrated in Saint Henry’s Cathedral on Sunday, June 2. Solemn Mass is celebrated at 10.30, and it will be followed by an outdoors procession of the Blessed Sacrament. There is no earlier morning Mass that day, but a Gregorian Mass will be celebrated after the procession at 12.30. Welcome!

Pope Francis has invited all Bishops of the world to organize an adoration in their particular Cathedrals on that same day. For this reason, evening Mass in the Cathedral will be celebrated already at 17.00, so that adoration can start at 18.00. Other parishes, too, will be organising adoration during the weekend.

In Finland, this solemnity is always celebrated on a Sunday, because the original day, Thursday after the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, is a normal weekday.

For more information about the global adoration, click here to read what Vatican Radio has to say.

Sunday, June 16, is the date for the traditional pilgrimage to Köyliö (or Kjulo in Swedish), the site of the martyrdom of Saint Henry. Join us and show your respect for the Patron Saint of Finland, of our Diocese and the Parish!

The bus leaves St. Henry's Cathedral at 9 a.m. on the Sunday morning, picking up more people at St. Mary's Church (either the bus stop for bus 18 or the Allergiatalo stop) at around 9.15. The return bus fare is  €25 and it is paid on the bus. On the way we stop for coffee at Humppila.

Mass is celebrated at 1 p.m. on the island of Kirkkokari, where we are taken by boat and raft for a €3 fee. After the Mass, the Village Committee sells coffee and sandwiches at reasonable prices. We will be back in Helsinki around 6 p.m.

Book your place on the bus before June 13 by calling the Catholic Infornation Service on 09-6129470 or e-mailing kaarina.koho@katolinen.fi.

There are a number of photo galleries available on this site and we've now made it easier to find them by gathering them all on a single page.

Among the other galleries, you'll find one that shows what St. Henry's Cathedral looked like in the early part of the 20th century.

On Saturday, August 10 it's time to celebrate our Diocese again.
The bus to Lohja leaves the parish at 9.30 a.m. At 11.00 a.m. there is a festive Mass in the old church in Lohja and after that we continue our Diocesan Day at Stella Maris,. returning to Helsinki around 4 p.m.

Father Matthew Azzopardi was ordained on Saturday, May 11,

Click here for more pictures.


For those who would like to give father Matthew a present to celebrate his Ordination, an account has been opened by the Parish:
FI 5280007710027853 , DANSKE BANK. Please use the reference number 20132 and note that the name of account holder is Marino Trevisini. Please also include the message “For Matthew Azzopardi“.

On June 2, the first of what will probably be a number of benefit sales will be arranged in St. Henry's Parish Hall to sell the contents of a home.

Joseph El-Khouri willed the contents of his home to be sold to benefit the Cathedral Parish.

For more information about the sale, please click here.