A tiny but devout Catholic community celebrates a rare ordination
The ordination of Finland’s ninth native Catholic priest since the Reformation took place last month in Lohja, a city about an hour’s drive east of Helsinki.
In the first row sat members of the Order of the Most Holy Saviour, commonly known as the Brigittine nuns, along with two Brigittine monks, who had come all the way from their monastery in Amity, Oregon. The monks were there because the newly ordained Fr Tuomas Nyyssölä had spent time at the monastery to fully discern his vocation.
