This post is also available in: Suomi (Finnish)

October is a month dedicated to the Rosary prayer. We pray together the Rosary before the English Mass at 5.30 pm. We encourage to pray the Rosary also at home especially with your families.

The joint pilgrimage of the Nordic Catholic dioceses to Rome for the Jubilee Year will take place from Fri 31.1.2025 to Tue 4.2.2025. The programme includes visits to the main pilgrimage sites of the Holy Year, an audience with the Pope and Mass in St Peter’s Basilica. A total of 10 places have been reserved for members of St Mary’s parish, of which 8 are still free. Please register at the parish office.

The Feast of St. Bridget is on Monday 7.10. The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on Tuesday 8.10.

The Bible sharing group will gather on Thursday 10.10. after the evening Mass in the parish hall.

We invite children to a Sunday school in Finnish. The meeting will take place on Sunday 13.10. at 10 am in the parish hall. There will be the Holy Mass in Finnish for children at 11.30 am.

To celebrate the anniversary of our parish, a drawing and logo design competition is organised. There are three categories:

1. for children under 12 years old, a drawing competition on the theme of “Me, my family and St. Mary’s church”
2. for young people aged 13-19 years old, a design competition on the logo of St. Mary’s parish anniversary
3. for adults, a design competition on the logo of St. Mary’s parish anniversary.

Finished works can be submitted either in person at the office or by e-mail to maria@katolinen.fi, by 31.10.2024.

Our parish choirs are rehearsing as follows:
Cappella Sanctae Marie: on Mondays at 16.30-18.00 in the parish hall,
Chorus Sanctae Mariae: on Mondays at 18.45-19.45 in the church and
the children’s choir CAM: on Thursdays at 18-18.45 in the parish hall.