Category: Cathedral Building

Report on the Cathedral's Facade Statues

29/3/2017

The final report on the restoration of the three statues on the facade of St. Henry's Cathedral has been completed and is available in pdf format here. Below are some photos from the process.

Click on the first page to open the pdf report.

Bazaar for the Cathedral's Statues on Sunday

17/1/2017

Welcome to the Bazaar in the Parish Hall before or after Mass on Sunday, January 22!

Thanks to the Filipino Community there is a Bazaar to help pay for the renovation of the Cathedral's statues, so come and enjoy some delicious food!

Statues returned to the Cathedral

8/12/2016

The statues of St Henry, St Paul and St Peter have returned from renovation and are back in their niches in the facade of St Henry's Cathedral, just in time to mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception today.

More photos below.

Statues Bazaar on December 4

30/11/2016

On Sunday, December 4, the Ursuline Sisters are having a Bazaar in St Henry's Cathedral Parish Hall to raise funds for the renovation of the Cathedral's statues after the High Mass, which begins at 11 o'clock.

Come and buy books, kitchenware, paintings, textiles, convent-made delicacies and woollen socks.

Welcome!

Advert in pdf format

Sanctus Henricus 4/2016

30/11/2016

The parish magazine of Saint Henry's Cathedral Parish Sanctus Henricus is available online in pdf format.

Click here or on the cover image to start reading the latest issue of Sanctus.

Caritas Finland's Advent Collection supports pregnancy care for refugee women in Lebanon through a Caritas Lebanon project. Learn more about the project here.

Holy Door opened

13/12/2015

Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ opened the Door of Mercy in St Henry's Cathedral on Sunday, December 13, 2015. The Door of Mercy is part of the Jubilee of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis.

The High Mass began with a procession from nearby St John's Lutheran Church. For photos from St John's, the procession and the Mass at the Cathedral, please click here. A photo collage by the Catholic Information Centre is available here.

Jubilee of Mercy begins

6/12/2015

The Jubilee of Mercy begins in St Henry's Cathedral with a Bishop's Mass at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. On Sunday, December 13, the 11 a.m. High Mass begins with a procession from St John's Lutheran Church in Korkeavuorenkatu (see map below). When we reach the Cathedral, bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ solemnly opens the Door of Mercy, which is the main door of the Cathedral, and the Mass is celebrated there. This means that on December 13 there will be no Mass at 12.30.

More opprotunities for confession

During the Jubilee of Mercy there will be more opportunities for confession in St Henry's Cathedral. From Monday, December 14, there will be a priest in at least on of the confessionals in the Cathedral before every Evening Mass. After each Evening Mass we will also be praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Welcome!

Report on the Cathedral's statues

15/8/2014

Ukri Oy, a company specialised in building repair and restoration work , has spent part of this summer reviewing and cleaning the statues on the façade of St Henry's Cathedral. Some of the statues are in bad shape, so more work will have to be undertaken in the near future. Further information is available in the report produced regarding this summer's work. It is only available in Finnish, but it is liberally illustrated, so it is worth perusing even if you don't understand the text.

Read the report in pdf format

There are before-and-after pictures in the report.

Click on the cover to read the report in pdf format (Finnish only).

Photos are all from the report by Ukri Oy.

St Peter has lost one of his keys.

A St Joseph for St Joseph's - St Henry's gift to the new church

8/3/2014

On Saturday May 3rd, 2014, the church acquired last year in Kuopio will be consecrated to St. Joseph, becoming the first Catholic church in modern times in eastern Finland and part of St Olav's Parish. Saint Henry's Cathedral Parish is donating a painting of St Joseph to the new church. The painting hung in the Cathedral Sanctuary until the reconstruction of 1962, after which the painting was eventually placed in the Parish Priest's Residence.

A corner of the painting of St Joseph is visible behind the pulpit in this clipping from the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet in 1934. Click on the image to enlarge it.

Also about St Joseph's Church
On Katolinen.net you can read the fascinating story behind the carving of the Madonna and Child that is already in place in the church in Kuopio.

Saint Joseph's Church, Kuopio, before the alterations to make it a Catholic church.

Much more is needed to make it a proper Catholic church: a new High Altar, housing for the Tabernacle, kneelers for the benches, Confessionals, among other things. If you can contribute, please do so.

Bank Account:
Danske Bank FI86 8000 1801 5788 58
Recipient: Catholic Church in Finland
Message: Support for St Joseph's Church

New picture of the Cathedral

24/10/2013

Hawk-eyed readers of our site will have noticed that the picture of Saint Henry's Cathedral on the front page has been replaced. Here we give you a chance to take a closer look at the new photo: click on the image to see a larger version.

The panorama picture was taken by Father Dung.

Photo: Father Dang Tien Dung

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