Category: Pilgrimage

Fides 11/2015

12/11/2015

The November issue of the diocesan magazine Fides has been published. Click here or on the cover to read the latest issue of Fides in pdf format.

Please note that there is an advert for our Jubilee Pilgrimage to Rome in the magazine. For information in English, click here.

Pilgrimage to Rome in March

5/11/2015

St Henry's Cathedral Parish arranges a pilgrimage to Rome in March 2016 to mark the Jubilee of Mercy. Join us for a Papal Mass, Masses in the Basilicas of Rome and passing through the Holy Door of the Jubilee.

Pilgrimage schedule: We fly Finnair from Helsinki at 16.30 on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, arriving in Rome at 18.55. The return flight from Rome leaves on Sunday March 6, 2016 at 19.55, meaning we are back in Helsinki at 00.20 at night (i.e. on March 7).

In Rome the pilgrims from St Henry's will be staying at the Bridgettine guest house (on the left in the picture) or at the Hotel Primavera. Both accommodations have single and double rooms and all rooms have a bathroom.

Cost of Pilgrimage:

€850/person in a double room
€880/person in a single room

Sign up no later than December 5 by contacting Sister Barbara, either by e-mail at sisar.barbara@gmail.com or by calling 040 9644529. The number of places is limited so participation is in the order of enrollment.

For more information regarding payment and programme, please consult this pdf (in Finnish), the Finnish page about the pilgrimage or get in touch with Parish Priest Marco Pasinato (marco.pasinato@katolinen.fi or 050 5377775).

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.

Fides 8/2015

17/8/2015

The August issue of the diocesan magazine Fideshas been published. Click here or on the cover to read the latest issue of Fides in pdf format.

Fides 6-7/2015

11/6/2015

The summer issue of the diocesan magazine Fides has been published. Click here or on the cover to read the June-July issue of Fides in pdf format.

To Köyliö by Bus

8/5/2015

This summer's date for the traditional pilgrimage to Köyliö to honour Saint Henry, the patron saint of our Cathedral, our Diocese and all of Finland, is Sunday, June 14. The bus to Köyliö leaves St Henry's Cathedral at 9 a.m. and stops at the bus 18 bus stop by St Mary's at 9.15-9.20. The bus fare is EUR 25 and is paid on the bus.

Both going to and coming from Köyliö the bus will stop for a coffee break in Humppila. Shopping is also possible.

The Mass at the site of St Henry's martyrdom begins at 1 p.m. We will be ferried across to the island of Kirkkokari in boats or on rafts, the crossing fee is EUR 4.

After Mass, the local village association sells excellent sandwiches and coffee for a reasonable price on the lake shore, so you will not need to pack a lunch.

We will return to Helsinki around 6 or 7 p.m., depending on traffic.

To sign up for the pilgrimage, please contact St Henry's Parish by calling 09-637853. Please state if you will be getting on the bus at St Henry's or St Mary's.

Those interested in making pilgrimage on foot, please click here.

Make a pilgrimage to Köyliö

5/5/2015

The annual pilgrimage to Köyliö is approaching! Those who make the pilgrimage on foot begin walking from the town of Yläne on June 12 and arrive at Köyiliö - the site of the martyrdom of Bishop Henry, Patron Saint of Finland - on Sunday the 14th in time for Mass on the island of Kirkkokari in Lake Köyliö.

The cost of the pilgrimage will depend on the final number of participants, but it will be €40-50. Please note that the fee covers food, sauna and housing, but not travel to and from Yläne/Köyliö.

Register for the pilgrimage with Father Anders Hamberg either by Facebook message or by e-mailing anders.hamberg@katolinen.fi.

You can also take the bus to Köyliö on the Sunday. read more here.

Read about previous pilgrimages

The volunteer site Katolinen.net has published three old articles about the pilgrimage to Köyliö on their page Arkistojen aarteita (Treasures form the Archives). Please note that the Köyliö articles are all in Finnish:
Jan Aarts: Pyhän Henrikin tien vaeltajat (Fides 15-16/2000)
Tuula Luoma: Kerran kesässä Köyliössä (Fides 12/1992)
Jan Aarts: Pyhästi eläminen (Fides 10/1988)

Youth pilgrimage to Italy

16/12/2014

St Henry's Cathedral Parish is planning a youth pilgrimage to Italy in June 2015. The pilgrims are heading to Turin, where the famous Shroud will be on display to mark the 200 anniversary of the birth of St John Bosco. The pilgrimage will take place from June 20 through June 26 and the cost is EUR 500 per person. For more information, please look at the information provided in Finnish at Nuorten pyhiinvaellus Italiaan, as the language of the pilgrimage will be Finnish.

Parish Priest Marco Pasinato is in charge of the pilgrimage. Contact him before February 28, 2015, to sign up for the pilgrimage: phone 050-5377775 or s-posti marco.pasinato@katolinen.fi.

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