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Lent Begins on March 6

5/3/2019

Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 6. The Ash Wednesday Mass, with the distribution of ashes, begins at St Henry's Cathedral at 6 p.m.

Further reading:
Some Ideas for the Lenten Season
The Bishop’s Letter for Lent 2019
The Pope’s Lenten Message 2019

Lenten Collection: Give the Gift of Water

Caritas’ Lenten Collection supports improving water supply in the village of Jaruma, Bolivia.

You can give your donation in the Lenten Collection in the collection box by the main door to the Cathedral or by bank transfer directly into Caritas Finland's account using the reference number 2257: Danske Bank FI73 8000 1270 1545 04 or, using the same reference, via Caritas FInland's Mobile Pay using the number 95959.

Caritas Finland's Collection Permit: RA/2017/766 (2017-2019) and RA/2019/18 (2019-2022)

We wish everybody a blessed Lent!

Holy Week Programme at the Cathedral

26/3/2018

See below for the programme for Holy Week at St Henry's Cathedral Parish. For a pdf version of the programme, please click here.

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.

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.

Sanctus Henricus 3/2016

7/9/2016

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.

More colour pics below!

Father Marino in Finland

4/7/2016

Father Marino Trevisini, former parish priest at St Henry's Cathedral Parish, is visiting Finland again. On Wednesday, June 29, Father Marino joined the other priests of the parish for a festive Mass to mark the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul and on Sunday, July 3rd, he celebrated the High Mass at St Henry's with the current parish priest father Marco Pasinato.

Father Marino will celebrate the 11 o'clock Mass at the Cathedral on Sunday, July 10th, before returning to Trieste on Monday, July 11th.

The Mass for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on June 29. Photo: Ilona Ennelin.

Father Marino at St Henry's on July 3rd, 2016.

More photos below.

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!

Pilgrimage to Hattula on September 19

18/8/2015

Saturday, September 19, 2015, is the date for this year's traditional pilgrimage to the Medieval Church of the Holy Cross in Hattula. The Church marks the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on September 14, as that is the date when in AD 324 Saint Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine, found the True Cross in Jerusalem, and on the following Saturday the pilgrimate is made in Finland. The Exaltation of the Cross has been celebrated since the 5th century in the Eastern Church and since the 7th Century in the Western Church.

The pilgrimage begins with Mass at St Henry's Cathedral at 9.30 a.m. After the Mass, a bus will leave for Hattula from outside the Cathedral. You can also join the pilgrimage at the bus stop by St Mary's Church (the bus 18 stop).

The celebration of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Hattula begins at 12.30. After participants have paid their respects to the cross and carried it around the church building, the local Lutheran parish of Hattula traditionally serves coffee to the pilgrims. We will be back in Helsinki after 3 p.m.

The return bus fare is €24. To sign up for the pilgrimage and ensure there is room for you in the bus, please contact the Parish Office.

The pilgrimage is arranged by the Lay Dominicans and Academicum Catholicum.

Sanctus Henricus 1/2015

12/3/2015

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.

Blessings for Lent!

18/2/2015

Today is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. We wish everybody a blessed period of Lent!

There are two Masses at St Henry's Cathedral today : at 4.30 p.m. there is an Ash Wednesday Mass in English and at 6 p.m. there is a Mass in Finnish.

At the Studium Catholicum an Ash Wednesday Mass is celebrated at 12 noon.

The beginning of Lent also means that Caritas Finland’s Lenten Collection has begun. This year the collection helps victims of human trafficking and domestic violence in Moldova. You can read more about the collection on the Caritas Finland website at caritas.fi/lent and caritas.fi/news/lenten-action-moldova.

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Lent Begins on March 6

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Holy Week Programme at the Cathedral

Statues returned to the Cathedral

Sanctus Henricus 4/2016

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Father Marino in Finland

Jubilee of Mercy begins

Pilgrimage to Hattula on September 19

Sanctus Henricus 1/2015

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