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The Studium Catholicum is open again

12/10/2021

We have started our activities again and the library is also open after the break. Welcome!

Mass is again regularly celebrated in the Studium Chapel on Mondays and Fridays at 12 o’clock, at the moment in Finnish. On Thursdays at 8:30 am an Ecumenical prayer is held in the Chapel.

It will be now possible to attend the Bösendorfer 1882 concerts in the Angelicum Hall. Concerts will be held on October 19th, November 16th and December 7th. The artistic director of the concert series is still Emil Holmström who also performs at every concert. Please go to www.emilholmstrom.com/bosendorfer1882 for further information.

The Library is open on Wednesdays from 1 pm to 6 pm. If necessary it is possible to borrow and return books also on Tuesdays and Thursdays by appointment.

We continue to regularly receive new books at the library. Here is a link to our new purchases that can be borrowed: New Titles. It is also good to remember that it is possible to renew your loans in the online library. Search for a book using the Library Search page. After that you can log in with your borrower’s bar code or your email address and your PIN-code.

Culture Night on March 20: Liturgical Music & CD

9/3/2020

The Studium Catholicum's Culture Night in March focuses on liturgical music to mark the release of a CD with music for Holy Week. The recording has been made with the Dominican Sisters at Rögle in Sweden. Brother Marie-Augustin was the conductor of the recording and on Friday, March 20th, he shares his experience as a musician and conductor, giving examples of the development of liturgical music in the Catholic Church over the past 50 years.

Culture Night: Sing a New Song to the Lord - When Music Meets Liturgy
at the Angelicum Hall on March 20th from 7 p.m. through 9 p.m.

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Mystagogê - The Holy Triduum at the Studium

29/2/2020

From Maundy Thurday through Holy Saturday, the Studium offers an intensive experience of the Holy Triduum leading up to the joy of the celebration of the Resurrection at Easter through a combination of lectures and liturgy. The lectures are in English while the liturgies are in Finnish.

Mystagogê - An Introduction to the Holy Triduum

Maundy Thursday (April 9)
17:00 The Slain Lamb - A lecture on the liturgy of Maundy Thursday
18:00 Mass in Coena Domini
Meal after Mass with reading of John 13-17, followed by Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament until midnight. Please register for the meal in advance. (Please consider making a donations to cover the costs of the meal.)

Good Friday (April 10)
09:00 Tenebrae and Lauds
10:00 There was a darkness over all the earth -
A lecture on the mystery of the Cross
12:00 Small Lenten Snack
12:30 Meditation on the verses of the Passion of the Lord according to the Dominican tradition
15:00 Office of the Passion and of the Cross

Holy Saturday (April 11)
09:00 Tenebrae and Lauds
10:00 The empty tomb
A lecture about the sense of expectation building up

Programme in pdf format

All events at the Studium are cancelled

28/2/2020

To reduce the spreading of Covid-19 coronavirus, we regretfully have to cancel all events at the Studium Catholicum until further notice. The library is also closed.

We are planning to have live-streaming for some programmes. We'll provide more information as soon as we can.

Welcoming Team Spring Progamme

27/2/2020

The Welcoming Team welcomes new members to the Catholic Diocese of Helsinki. Now the Welcoming Team's spring programme has been released.

Note these dates:
March 28: One-day Bible Conference at St Mary’s (Mäntytie 2)
March 29: Presentation of Divine Mercy
April 9-11: Mystagogê – An introduction to the Holy Triduum
May 2: One-day Bible Conference at St Mary’s (Mäntytie 2)
June 7: Picnic at Kaivopuisto from 11 a.m.

Please note that Gabriel Salmela OP has been named Moderator of the Welcoming Team.

Ash Wednesday at the Studium

24/2/2020

This year Ash Wednesday falls on February 26th. At the Studium Catholicum we mark the beginning of Lent with a Mass in English and imposition of ashes at noon. Welcome!

Ash Wednesday Mass at the Studium
12 noon on February 27th

Lecture on Finland's early Dominicans on March 12

5/2/2020

On Thursday, March 12th, Medievalist Markus Hiekkanen gives a talk on the early Dominicans in Finland. The lecture is in Finnish and begins at 7 p.m. at the Studium Catholicum's Angelicum Hall.

Welcome!

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Culture Night: Textile Artist Helena Vaari on May 8

21/1/2020

The guest at the Studium Catholicum's Culture Night in May is textile artist Helena Vaari who will be talking about using her needle as a paintbrush. Helena Vaari was meant to visit the Studium already in January, but illness forced a change in the schedule.

Needle as Paintbrush
Textile Artist Helena Vaari

At the Studium's Angelicum Hall
at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 8, 2020

Helena Vaari with vestments she created for Lutheran bishop Matti Repo. Photo: Jussi Valkeajoki

Textile Artist Helena Vaari designs and makes art and ecclesiastical textiles. Vaari has designed copes for five bishops and textiles for more than ten churches.

Helena Vaari’s technique is demanding artistic handicraft which combines free art embroidery and applique. Ecclesiastical textiles were embroidered and sewn as early as the Middle Ages. Vaari’s art embroidery is based on ancient tradition and uses modern methods.

Please note that Helena Vaari will be speaking in Finnish.

The artist's website: www.helenavaari.fi
You can also follow her on Instagram and Facebook.

The Studium’s Culture Nights are a programme of friendly and informal gatherings with various activities, such as music, films, talks, pop-up café etc. Come and enjoy yourself!

Welcome!

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Translation of the Relics of Aquinas marked Jan. 28

20/1/2020

The Order of Preachers and the Studium Catholicum celebrate the memorial of the Translation of the Relics of St Thomas Aquinas on Tuesday, January 28. This year the day is marked with a lecture in Finnish at the Studium's Angelicum Hall from 6.30 p.m. and sung vespers at 8 p.m.

You can join a song rehearsal for the vespers with brother Marie-Augustin OP at the Studium on Monday, January 27th between 6 and 7 p.m.

Here you will find the FB event page for the celebration of the translation of the relics at the Studium.

Programme

18:30 Lecture by Marika Räsänen on the Translation of the Relics of St Thomas Aquinas från Italy to France in 1369-1369.(”Pyhäinjäänteiden matkassa. Tuomas Akvinolaisen reliikkien siirto Italiasta Ranskaan 1368-1369”)
18:50 Discussion in Finnish: Seppo Heikkinen, Johanna Korhonen, Marika Räsänen and Hilkka-Liisa Vuori.
Moderator: Br Marie-Augustin OP.
19:30-19:50 Introduction in Finnish to the songs of the evenings vespers by Hilkka-Liisa Vuori.
20:00 Vespers of The translation of the Relics of St Thomas Aquinas. Singing: Br. Marie-Augustin and Vox Silentii. (Click here for a sample of their singing)

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Night of Science at the Studium: Jeanne d'Arc

9/12/2019

The Studium Catholicum again takes part in the Night of Science event (Tieteiden yö in Finnish, or Vetenskapens natt in Swedish) on January 16, 2020.

The Night of Science is a block party for science and research. It is celebrated annually in Kruununhaka, Helsinki. The 2020 event takes place on Thursday, January 16th. All Night of Science events, including the one at the Studium, are free of charge. At the Studium from 5 p.m. through 9.30 p.m. you can learn more about Jeanne d'Arc.

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At the Studium you will learn more about Jeanne d'Arc from Brother Marie-Augustin Laurent OP, essayist Antti Nylén, Naster of Laws Matti Norri and docent Osmo Pekonen, who will look at Jeanne d’Arc from different perspectives. Always controversial, Jeanne d'Arc was executed and then declared a saint.

Three of the presentations are in Finnish and one in English.

Programme

5.30–6 p.m. Brother Marie-Augustin OP (Studium Catholicum):
St Joan of Arc, a national hero of the French Republic (in English)
6.30–7 p.m. Essayist Antti Nylén:
Jeanne d’Arc kirkon uhmaajana (in Finnish)
7.30–8 p.m. Master of Laws Matti Norri:
Aikakauden elämännäkemyksestä oikeudenkäyntipöytäkirjojen valossa (in Finnish)
8.30–9 p.m. Docent Osmo Pekonen (Helsinki University & Jyväskylä University):
Jeanne d’Arc ja Suomi (in Finnish)

General programme at the Studium: From 5 p.m. through 9.30 p.m. Open House.
Guides to the Angelicum Hall and the Studium Library. Soft drinks and snacks.

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The Studium Catholicum is open again

Culture Night on March 20: Liturgical Music & CD

Mystagogê - The Holy Triduum at the Studium

Mystagogê - An Introduction to the Holy Triduum

All events at the Studium are cancelled

Welcoming Team Spring Progamme

Ash Wednesday at the Studium

Ash Wednesday Mass at the Studium
12 noon on February 27th

Lecture on Finland's early Dominicans on March 12

Culture Night: Textile Artist Helena Vaari on May 8

Needle as Paintbrush
Textile Artist Helena Vaari

Translation of the Relics of Aquinas marked Jan. 28

Night of Science at the Studium: Jeanne d'Arc

#NightofScience at the Studium

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Needle as Paintbrush
Textile Artist Helena Vaari