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Summer break from June 8th through September 1st

6/6/2019

The Studium Catholicum Library is closed for the summer from June 8th through September 1st, 2019. We’ll be back from our summer break on Monday, September 2nd. We wish everybody a blessed summer!

A seminar on the Ignatian Way on June 20th

3/6/2019

The Ignatian Way - A Seminar on Spiritual Direction will be given by Father Charles Pottie-Pâté SJ at the Studium Catholicum in Helsinki on Thursday, June 20th, 2019 at 9.30-12.30.

At 8.30 a.m., an hour before the seminar starts, the Studium hosts an Ecumenical Morning Prayer, which participants of the seminar are also welcome to join. The prayer concludes with coffee & tea.

The Ignatian Way seminar is organised by the Helsinki Parishes of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Studium Catholicum.

Seminar Registration by June 18, 2019 by e-mail to peccator@me.com.

Fr Charles Pottie-Pâté SJ

Father Charles Pottie-Pâté is originally from Nova Scotia with Acadian roots. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1959 and has completed 60 years as a Jesuit. He taught liturgy and sacramental theology from 1980 to 2006 in the universities of Toronto, Ottawa, Rome, and Halifax. He has been giving the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola since 1970 in one form or another, accompanying people in their journey of faith.

He has been in the Calgary Diocese since September of 2011 and his ministry involves the continuation of his work with Ignatian Spirituality, including spiritual exercises, retreats, spiritual direction, and as Jesuit liaison with Christian Life Community – a lay association rooted in Ignatian vision.

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Picnic in Kaivopuisto Park on June 9th

29/5/2019

In the Diocese of Helsinki there are now some 80 different nationalities. On Sunday, June 9th, we're getting together in Kaivopuisto Park for a Picnic Day arranged by the Welcoming Team to give people a chance to get to know each other.

Join the picnic after Mass at St Henry's and bring food specialities from your country of origin. We'll be singing, bonding, praising the Lord and enjoying the food!

June 9th is Picnic Day

What? We're having a picnic
Where? Kaivopuisto Park, next to St Henry's
When? Sunday, June 9th, 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
What do I bring? Food or something else edible from your country.
Then what? We get to know each other and enjoy the food and company!

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Lecture on the Isenheim Altarpiece on May 17

8/4/2019

On Friday, May 17th, Reijo Oksanen will give a lecture on the spiritual message of the Isenheim Altarpiece at the Angelicum Hall of the Studium Catholicum.

The Isenheim Altarpiece was created between 1512 and 1516 by the artists Matthias Grünewald (the painted panels) and Niclausof Haguenau (the sculpted part) for the Antonite Order's monastic complex at Issenheim in present-day France. Come to the Studium to hear more about this treasure and the world-view of its creators.

Further reading: www.studium.fi/isenheim-2019

Open House on New Studium Floor on March 31st

26/3/2019

The Studium is growing! Blessedly, we are not moving, but growing onto another floor of the building we're already in. On the floor below our library we are opening a new lecture hall, the Angelicum Hall.

You are warmly welcome to visit the new floor on Sunday March 31st as we celebrate our new premises with an open house from 11.30 to 16.00. During the last few months these premises on the floor below have been carefully restored to the original Neo-Renaissance style of our building, which dates from 1886.

Refreshments will be served.

Open House at the Studium
on Sunday, March 31st at 11.30-16.00
Welcome!

The Studium goes mobile with the StudiumSmart app

6/3/2019

Ash Wednesday 2019 goes down in history as the day the Studium Catholicum's very own StudiumSmart mobile app was launched!

Download the free app on Google's PlayStore and stay on top of what is going on at the Studium. Download the app, enter your e-mail and create a password to get started.

At present the app is only available for Android devices, but an iOS version is being developed and is expected to hit the Apple Store in a month or two.

Lenten Retreat with Catherine Aubin OP from April 5

1/3/2019

This year, the Studium's traditional Lenten Retreat takes place in the first week of April. From April 5th through 7th, Sister Catherine Aubin OP leads us in the 9 ways of prayer of St Dominic.

From Body To Heart:
A Path to Eternity Through
St. Dominic’s
Nine Ways of Prayer

Friday, April 5th at 17.30-21.00
Saturday, April 6th at 10.30-16.30
Sunday, April 7th at 10.30-15.00

Please note that the number of places is limited. The fee is EUR 25. The language of the retreat is English.

The deadline for registration and payment is March 15th. Please pay the participation fee to the Studium Catholicum account Nordea FI40 2001 2001 0002 81
and notify Lucia Indren by e-mail at lucia.indren@studium.fi or by phone or text message to 040 414 5861 that you wish to take part in the retreat.

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Spiritualities presented in lecture series in Finnish

27/2/2019

The Scivias – tunne tiet series of lectures presents the theology and history of different Christian spiritualities over the spring season at the Studium Catholicum. Beginning on Tuesday, March 12th, the lecture series covers the theology and history of Christian spiritualities from the Desert Fathers (and Mothers) through to today's urban spirituality options The lectures at the Studium begin at 7 p.m.

Lecture Series Programme

Prof. Timothy Pawl on the Incarnation on Feb. 19

12/2/2019

On Tuesday, February 19th, the Studium Catholicum welcomes Professor Timothy Pawl, who will give a talk on the Incarnation at 7 p.m. Timothy Pawl is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Thomas, Minnesota, USA.

Professor
Timothy Pawl:
Is the Incarnation of God Impossible?

Welcome to the Studium Catholicum!
Prof. Pawl's talk is on Feb. 19th at 7-9 p.m.

Timothy Pawl's research is primarily in the areas of metaphysics and philosophical theology. In metaphysics he works on truthmaker theory, modality, and free will. In philosophical theology. He has published on transubstantiation, Christology, and divine immutability. His work has appeared in The Australasian Journal of Philosophy; Faith and Philosophy; and Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion, among other places. His publications include The Defense of Conciliar Christology (2016).

Timothy Radcliffe OP visits Finland from March 28

4/2/2019

Father Timothy Radcliffe OP will be in Helsinki from March 28th to April 1st, 2019. He will be speaking at these events:

March 29th: Public Lecture at the University of Helsinki at 2-4 p.m
(Fabianinkatu 24, hall 524) 'Faith in a time of fundamentalism'
March 31st: Sermon at 09.30 English Mass at St Henry's Cathedral,
followed by open house at the new premises of the Studium Catholicum from 11.30 - 16.00
April 1st: Sermon at 10.00 English Mass at the Studium Catholicum

Welcome!

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Summer break from June 8th through September 1st

A seminar on the Ignatian Way on June 20th

Picnic in Kaivopuisto Park on June 9th

June 9th is Picnic Day

Lecture on the Isenheim Altarpiece on May 17

Open House on New Studium Floor on March 31st

The Studium goes mobile with the StudiumSmart app

Lenten Retreat with Catherine Aubin OP from April 5

From Body To Heart:
A Path to Eternity Through
St. Dominic’s
Nine Ways of Prayer

Spiritualities presented in lecture series in Finnish

Lecture Series Programme

Prof. Timothy Pawl on the Incarnation on Feb. 19

Professor
Timothy Pawl:
Is the Incarnation of God Impossible?

Timothy Radcliffe OP visits Finland from March 28

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A Path to Eternity Through
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Nine Ways of Prayer

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Timothy Pawl:
Is the Incarnation of God Impossible?