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There will be no morning Mass on Tuesday 4.3.

A course for English speakers who wish to improve their Finnish language skills for masses and prayers will continue on Tuesday 4.3. at 6.45 pm in the parish hall.

The time of Lent begins on Wednesday 5^th of March, which is the Ash Wednesday. Lent is a time of penance, conversion and preparation for Easter. The best way of our spiritual renewal is to receive sacraments of confession and Eucharist, prayer, fast and charity work.

Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fasting means partaking of only one full meal and of two light meals. In addition, all Catholics that are 14 years old and older must abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. There will be Holy Mass in Finnish on the Ash Wednesday at 7.30 am, 2 pm and 6 pm. Mass in English will be celebrated at 4 pm. We will raise fund during the Lent to help the poor.

A Holy Mass for the soul of fr. Frans Voss SCJ will be celebrated on Thursday 6.3. at 6 pm. Bishop Raimo Goyarrola will preside the Mass.

The Lay group of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will have their monthly meeting on Tursday, 6.3., in the parish hall after the evening mass. All interested are welcome!

There will be an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Friday 7.3. in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The adoration will start after the evening Mass and will last till 10 pm.

The First Communion and Confirmation classes in Finnish will take place on Saturday 8.3.

We invite children from 5 to 8 years old to a Sunday school in Finnish. The meeting will take place on Sunday 9.3. at 10 am in the parish hall.

We will celebrate the Stations of the Cross in English on Sundays at 5.30 pm.

The palm branches, which were blessed last year on the Palm Sunday, can be brought to a basket in the entrance of the church for ashing.

We invite all couples planning to get married to a marriage course. The marriage course is a very important part of the preparation before marriage. The marriage course starts on Tuesday 22nd of April 2025 at 6.45 pm in the parish hall and consists of six meetings. The course will be held in Finnish and English.