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. |