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Two New Deacons

17/4/2016

The Catholic Diocese of Helsinki has two new deacons after Bishop Teemu Sippo SCI ordained Jean-Claude Kabeza and Leonard Wobilla Shwei on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at St Henry's Cathedral. Photos from the ordination Mass are available here and on our Facebook page.

Jean-Claude Kabeza, Bishop Teemu Sippo SCI and Leonard Wobilla Shwei.

Sanctus Henricus 1/2016

25/2/2016

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.

Father Matthew to Kuopio, Father Oscar to St Henry's

18/1/2016

Bishop Teemu Sippo SCI has officially appointed Father Matthew Azzopardi to attend to the spiritual needs of the Catholics in Kuopio. He is moving from St Henry's Cathedral Parish in Helsinki to St Olav's Parish in Jyväskylä, but will be living at St Joseph's Church in Kuopio.

Instead of Father Matthew Father Oscar Sinchi has been appointed by the Bishop to St Henry's Cathedral Parish. Father Oscar has served at St Olav's Church in Jyväskylä first as a deacon and then as a priest.

Father Oscar Sinchi (first from left) and Father Matthew Azzopardi (assisting the Bishop) during the consecration of St Joseph's Church in Kuopio.

Sanctus Henricus 4/2015

5/12/2015

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.

70 years since death of Father von Christierson

9/11/2015

At 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ will celebrate a Requiem Mass for Father Wilfrid von Christierson (1878-1945) at St Henry's Cathedral.

Father von Christierson was the first Finnish-born Parish Priest at St Henry's, serving as Parish Priest from 1906 through 1911 after having studied and been ordained to the priesthood in Paris, France. Wednesday's Mass is celebrated to mark the 70th anniversary of his death.

For more information about the history of the parish, please click here.

Sanctus Henricus 3/2015

25/9/2015

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.

Father Gabriel's First Mass

17/8/2015

Brother Gabriel Salmela OP was ordained a priest in Saint Laurence's Church in Lohja on Saturday, August 15, 2015. On Sunday, August 16, he celebrated his first Mass at St Henry's Cathedral in Helsinki.

The homily by Brother Marie-Augustin Laurent-Huyghues-Beaufond OP is available here (in Finnish) and here you will find more photos from the Mass.

Diocesan Feast on August 15

10/6/2015

This year's Diocesan Day will be held on Saturday, August 15th. The celebrations will begin with a Pontifical Mass in the medieval Saint Lawrence Church in Lohja at 10.00. At the Mass Dominican Brother Gabriel Salmela OP will be ordained a priest by Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ. Before the Mass, there is opportunity for confession. After the Mass, the feast will continue at Stella Maris.

St Henry's Cathedral Parish provides bus transport to and from the Diocesan Feast. The parish bus to Lohja and Stellia Maris costs EUR15 and is paid in cash on the bus. Please note that the bus will be leaving St Henry's at 8.15 a.m.

Please let the parish know if you are coming even if you come by private car, for instance by filling in this online form. If you've already signed up by calling the parish office or at a church coffee, you don't need to fill in the form.

Fill in this form to sign up for our Diocesan celebrations!

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.

It's Father Federico now

26/10/2014

On Saturday, October 25, 2014, Bishop Teemu Sippo SCJ ordained our deacon Federico Spanò a priest in a festive Mass at St Henry's Cathedral.

For more photos from the ordination Mass, please go to the Catholic Information Service website.

Bishop Teemu ordained Fr Federico. Photo: KATT

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70 years since death of Father von Christierson

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Father Gabriel's First Mass

Diocesan Feast on August 15

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It's Father Federico now

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