Category: Christianity

Talk on Family Prayer on Sept. 7

28/8/2018

On Friday, September 7th, Father Jose Kulathoor will give a talk at the Studium Catholicum on the sucject of Family Prayer. Father Jose is part of the Apostolic Visitation for the Syro-Malabar faithful in Europe.

Talk on Family Prayer
at 7 p.m. on September 7th

Fr Jose is from Kerala in India and was ordained 29.12.2012. He served as a priest in his home diocese in Kerala for 2 ½ years and is now stationed in Rome, where he is working on his doctorate in dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.

During the time of studies in Rome, he is also helping the Apostolic Visitation for the European Syro-Malabar community, a new arrangement made by the Holy Father for the pastoral service of the Syro-Malabar faithful in Europe, including celebrating Holy Mass for the Syro Malabar Faithful in Italy, Norway, Sweden and Finland. He first celebrated Mass according to the Syro-Malabar rite in Finland in December 2017. On this trip he will be celebrating Holy Mass in Malayalam at St Mary's Church at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 8th.

Bishop Stephen Chirappanath, Apostolic Visitator for the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Europe, visited Finland in June.

The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, the second-largest Eastern Catholic Church in the world with over 4.6 million members worldwide, is based in Kerala and traces its origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century.

The Studium's Youth Group's Spring Programme

13/2/2017

The Society of Blessed Hemming (Autuaan Hemmingin seura) is a Finnish-speaking Catholic youth group founded in 2016 which meets at the Studium Catholicum. The monthly meetings are usually held on a Thursday, beginning at 5 p.m. with Holy Mass. After Mass we explore different topics related to Christian life in contemporary society.

On February 23 we meet from 5 to 7.30 p.m. to discuss the meaning of work in Christian life. Father Manuel Prado will give a talk on the subject.

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In March the theme is World Youth Day and the role of young people in the Church. That time we meet on a Sunday, as we join the Welcoming Team's meeting at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 12.

In April the Society joins other youth groups at the Diocesan Youth Weekend at Stella Maris and on Thursday, May 18 at 5 p.m. we gather for Mass at the Studium and then discuss the role of Lay Dominicans.

Finnish Language Club

22/2/2016

Do you want to learn Finnish, practice the language, have a social gathering and at the same time get encouragement and grow spiritually? Join the Studium's Finnish Language Club!

Fridays at 6-8 p.m.
from March 18 to May 29

Please note that the number of places is limited! Deadline to register is February 29, 2016

Contact person: Lucia Indrén
phone 040-4145861
e-mail lucia.indren@studium.fi

Flyer in pdf format

Welcoming Team Programme for Spring

19/1/2016

The Spring 2016 programme of the Welcoming Team has been revealed. The gatherings are open for new and old members of the Catholic Church and anyone else who is interested!

The presentations (in English and Finnish) on different themes are on the second Sunday of each month at 13.00 - 15.00 at the Studium Catholicum. Welcome!

Click here for pdf format programme

Spring Schedule

Feb 14: 800 Years - Dominican Jubilee:
A brief History of the Order in Finland
March 13: Presentation of St. Henry’s Cathedral Parish's Pilgrimage of Mercy to Rome 1-6.3.2016
April 10: Ecology: Does it really matter?
May 29: Picnic at Kaivopuisto

Getting to God - a talk by Erik Ross OP

24/12/2015

Come and listen to Brother Erik Ross OP on the subject of Maimonides and Aquinas and finding the way to God. At the Studium on Friday, January 29.

Getting to God:
How Maimonides, the Jew, helped Aquinas, the Christian, to find the Almighty Creator
A talk by brother Erik Ross, OP

Friday, January 29th, 2016
at 6.45 p.m.
at the Studium Catholicum

Brother Erik Ross OP is a US-born Dominican friar who lives in Poland but often travels to Israel. He is a two-time graduate of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and teaches theology at the Dominican House of Studies in Krakow, Poland. He is active in Jewish-Christian conversations in the US, Poland and Israel.

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Advent Retreat on December 4-6

22/11/2015

Father Paul-Dominique gives a three-day Advent Retreat in English at the Studium from December 4th. Join us to prepare for Christmas.

Three-day Advent Retreat
Unto us a Child is born

Father Paul-Dominique Masiclat OP leads us in meditations in Advent over three days.

When? Decmeber 4-6, 2015
Where? The Studium Catholicum, Helsinki
Language? English
Cost? EUR25 (incl. 2 means and coffee)

Please pay your participation fee into the Studium Catholicum account (Nordea FI40 2001 2001 0002 81) and register with Lucia Indren (040-4145861 or lucia.indren@studium.fi) no later than November 30.

Father Paul-Dominique at the Studium in 2014.

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Political Thought of Abrahamic Religions

23/8/2015

In September the Studium Catholicum's series of interesting lectures continues with a lecture by Professor Anthony Black from the University of Dundee in the UK. He will be speaking on Political Thought of the Abrahamic Religions, trying to answer the question of Why the political views of Muslims, Jews and Christians are so different?

September 11 at 6 p.m.

The Political Thought of
the Abrahamic Religions - Comparisons and Contrasts

Muslims, Jews & Christians:
Why are our political views so different?

A lecture by Prof. Antony Black, University of Dundee, UK, Friday, September 11th at 18.00 at the Studium Catholicum.

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Talk on Family Prayer on Sept. 7

Talk on Family Prayer
at 7 p.m. on September 7th

The Studium's Youth Group's Spring Programme

Finnish Language Club

Fridays at 6-8 p.m.
from March 18 to May 29

Welcoming Team Programme for Spring

Spring Schedule

Getting to God - a talk by Erik Ross OP

Advent Retreat on December 4-6

Three-day Advent Retreat
Unto us a Child is born

Political Thought of Abrahamic Religions

The Political Thought of
the Abrahamic Religions - Comparisons and Contrasts

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Talk on Family Prayerat 7 p.m. on September 7th

Fridays at 6-8 p.m.from March 18 to May 29

Spring Schedule

Three-day Advent RetreatUnto us a Child is born

The Political Thought of the Abrahamic Religions - Comparisons and Contrasts

Archives

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Talk on Family Prayer
at 7 p.m. on September 7th

Fridays at 6-8 p.m.
from March 18 to May 29

Three-day Advent Retreat
Unto us a Child is born

The Political Thought of
the Abrahamic Religions - Comparisons and Contrasts