Category: Gabriel Salmela OP

Pre-Christmas Party Photos

12/12/2017

On Sunday, December 10, friends of the Welcoming Team and the Studium Catholicum gathered for the traditional Pikkujoulut Pre-Cristmas Party at the Studium. If you missed it, you really should think about prioritising better next year, but please enjoy these photos as consolation.

Diocesan Forum in Pictures

30/10/2017

The Diocesan Forum held in Helsinki on October 28, 2017 was a great success. More than a hundred people attended, and Sister Catherine Droste OP gave an interesting keynote speech on the Beauty of Catholic Marriage.

More photos below.

Read Aquinas with Brother Gabriel

6/9/2017

Advert for the study circle in Finnish (pdf)

New at the Studium this autumn is Akvinolaisen lukupiiri, a study circle for people interested in St Thomas Aquinas. Brother Gabriel Salmela OP leads the circle to study the Angelic Doctor through the Summa Theologiae. The group's language is Finnish, but you can do the reading beforehand in another language.

The circle convenes at the Studium one Monday evening a month, beginning on September 25. The meetings begin at 18.30 and last an hour and a half. October 23 and November 27 are the following dates.

Welcome!

The Studium Spring Programme

1/2/2017

The Spring programme for the Studium Catholicum has been decided. Here's a sneak peek at what we are going to do this spring:

On Tuesday, February 28, at 7 p.m. Fr Gabriel Salmela OP will give a talk in Finnish on the Reformation Commemoration from a Catholic Perspective.

On Friday, March 24 at 7 p.m. it's Culture Night and Fr Dominic White OP will speak about the Lost Knowledge of Christ - Cosmos spiritual dance movement.

From Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2, there is a three-day Lenten Retreat with the theme Back to the house of the Father. Fr Marie-Augustin OP will lead the English-language retreat.

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Programme flyer in pdf format

On Friday, April 7, there will be a day-long interfaith workshop on Gregorian Chant by Fr Marie-Augustin OP, and in May Professor Emeritus Teivas Oksala will give a Latin Workshop and Seminar.

On the first Friday in June Sr Obin will hold a day-long workshop and seminar on Nine Dominican Ways of Praying.

A Catholic look at the Reformation

25/1/2017

This year 500 years have passed since the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. On Tuesday, February 28, Brother Gabriel Salmela OP will give a lecture on the Reformation at the Studium Catholicum.

Reformation Commemoration
from a Catholic Perspective

A lecture in Finnish
at the Studium Catholicum
by Br. Gabriel Salmela OP
at 7 p.m. on February 28

#OP800 concluded with Papal Mass

23/1/2017

On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the 800th anniversary of the Order of Preachers was concluded with a Papal Mass at the Basilica of St John Lateran.

A familiar face for us at the Studium concelebrated the Mass with Pope Francis in Brother Paul-Dominique Masiclat OP. Our own Brother Gabriel Salmela OP was also present at the Mass in Rome.

The Papal Mass can also be viewed with English commentary here.

Vatican Radio also reported on the final celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Dominicans.

Advent Retreat in Finnish

14/11/2016

Father Gabriel Salmela OP leads a three-day Advent Retreat at the Studium from Friday, November 25, through Sunday, November 27, at the Studium Catholicum in Helsinki.

Ecce rex tuus venit

Please note that this retreat is held entirely in Finnish.

The price of the retreat is €25.
Bank details: Studium Catholicum acc.
Nordea FI40 2001 2001 0002 81
Registration and further information:
lucia.indren@studium.fi or 040 414 5861
Please enroll by November 14, 2016

Pdf advert in Finnish

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

Official opening of Jubilee on Nov. 7

7/11/2015

At noon on Saturday, November 7, Holy Mass will be celebrated according to the Old Dominican Rite at the Studium's chapel. That also marks the official beginning of the 800th anniversary year of the Order of Preachers.

Click here for more information of the international programme of the Dominican Jubilee.

Find out more about the order founded by St Dominic here, here and here.

Seminar on St Theresa of Avila in September

20/8/2015

On Saturday, September 12, 2015, the Carmelite Secular Community in Finland and the Studium Catholicum are arranging an Ecumenical Seminar to mark the 500th anniversary of St Theresa of Avila.

Welcome!

Time: 10 a.m. September 12, 2015
Place: The Parish Hall of St Henry's, Helsinki
Languages: The seminar languages are English and Finnish.

You will find the seminar programme below and in pdf format.

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Pre-Christmas Party Photos

Diocesan Forum in Pictures

Read Aquinas with Brother Gabriel

The Studium Spring Programme

A Catholic look at the Reformation

Reformation Commemoration
from a Catholic Perspective

#OP800 concluded with Papal Mass

Advent Retreat in Finnish

Ecce rex tuus venit

Finnish Language Club

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

Official opening of Jubilee on Nov. 7

Seminar on St Theresa of Avila in September

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Reformation Commemoration
from a Catholic Perspective

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