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St. Mary’s parish is organizing parish council elections. A member of the parish may nominate himself/herself as a candidate, or may nominate another member of the parish, if in writing the person confirms his / her consent to the candidacy. The candidates must inform the Parish Priest in writing by 14.11.2022. Forms for nomination for candidacy can be obtained at St. Mary’s church, the parish office, the parish web site, and the parish hall. The duty of the parish council is to, under the leadership of the Parish Priest, take care of parish life, support and promote it, present opinions of the parishioners, as well as give opinions and make recommendations to other diocesan committees and councils. One member of the parish council is elected to the diocesan pastoral council to represent the parish.

The morning Masses at 8 am during the next week will be celebrated in English.

The memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch will be celebrated on Monday 17.10., the feast of St. Luke, the Evangelist on Tuesday 18.10 and St. Paul John II on Saturday 22.10.

The Legion of Mary group gathers on Fridays after the evening Mass in the parish hall.

There will be an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with prayers in English on Saturday 22^nd of October from 3.30 till 5 pm.

We invite children from 5 to 8 years old to a Sunday school in Finnish. The meeting will take place on the next Sunday, 23.10 at 10 am in the parish hall. There will be the Holy Mass in Finnish for children at 11.30 am.

We invite all 14 – 30 years old young people to participate in the World Youth Day in Portugal next year. More details on the information board.

We thank the organisers of last Sunday’s bazaar. The bazaar raised over 1000 Euros for our parish.