Monthly Archives: October 2009

SPAIN’S BISHOPS URGE MASS PROTEST AGAINST ABORTION LEGISLATION

08/10/2009

Spain’s Catholic bishops are urging church members to protest abortion legislation that would allow girls as young as 16 to terminate pregnancies without parental consent. “This law is a step backward, as far as defending the right to life of those who are to be born is concerned. It means a greater abandonment of pregnant mothers and irreparable damage to the common good,” the bishops’ Permanent Commission said in an Oct… Read more »

Don’t Exclude Church from Social Life – Pope

08/10/2009

Benedict XVI is urging the European bishops to refrain from excluding the Church from social and cultural life, even while upholding its just distinction from the State.

The Pope affirmed this in a message sent to Cardinal Peter Erdo, president of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences and archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary.

The council held its plenary assembly in Paris last week, in which it focused on the theme “Church-State Relations 20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall.”

The message, signed by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Pope’s secretary of state on the Pontiff’s behalf, affirmed that the Church is “faithful to her mission of truth in favor of a society to the measure of man, of his dignity and of his vocation.”

It added that this fidelity “is guarantee of an integral human development, remedy for the many imbalances that our world is suffering today.”

Therefore, the Church herself “desires that the life of men and peoples be inspired and animated by charity,” the Holy Father affirmed… Read more »

Year of the Priest Activities

06/10/2009

“Is-Saċerdozju hu l-imħabba tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesù”

San Ġwann Marija Vianney

Xi Attivitajiet għas-Sena Saċerdotali Irtir tax-xahar

Minn Ottubru, se jibda jiġi organizzat irtir kull xahar miftuħ għas-saċerdoti kollha. Dawn l-irtiri jkunu bejn id-9.30 a.m. u l-11.30 a.m. Dettalji jingħataw iżjed ’il quddiem. Id-data ta’ dawn l-irtiri huma:

It-Tlieta:

  • 6 ta’ Ottubru 2009
  • 3 ta’ Novembru
  • 1 ta’ Diċembru
  • 5 ta’ Jannar 2010
  • 2 ta’ Frar
  • 2 ta’ Marzu
  • 6 ta’ April
  • 4 ta’ Mejju
  • 1 ta’ Ġunju

Ġranet għas-saċerdoti tal-Unità

Se jiġi organizzat matul is-sena Jum ta’ Fraternità saċerdotali għas-saċerdoti ta’ kull Unità… Read more »

Omelija- Mons. Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP fil-Bidu tas-Sena tas-Saċerdoti

06/10/2009

Il-Ħamis, 18 ta’ Ġunju 2009 – Seminarju ta’ l-Arċisqof

Ħuti, din hija providenza li l-Papa Benedittu XVI nieda din is-sena għal dan id-don kbir li Alla l-Imbierek ta lill-Knisja tiegħu permezz tas-saċerdozju ministerjali. U kemm hija okkazjoni qawwija għalina li din s-sena aħna lkoll, wieħed wieħed, niġġeddu f’dan id-don! U kemm kien ukoll ħsieb sabiħ li aħna nibdew din is-sena propju lejlet il-festa tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesù… Read more »

Messaġġ fuq is-sena tas-Saċerdoti minn Dun Ġużepp Mifsud Bonnici

06/10/2009

Fid-19 ta’ Ġunju – festa tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesù – bdiet sena dedikata lis-saċerdoti skont ix-xewqa tal-Papa Benedittu XVI. Dan il-Papa għamlu fl-okkażjoni tal-150 anniversarju mill-mewt ta’ San Ġwann Marija Vianney li hu magħruf bħala l-Kurat t’Ars. Il-Papa jrid jagħti lis-saċerdoti importanza speċjali matul din is-sena u jrid juri lis-saċerdoti kemm iħobbhom u jixtieq jgħinhom biex jgħixu s-sejħa u l-missjoni tagħhom b’ferħ u entużjazmu.

L-isfida li għandhom is-saċerdoti hija li jkunu saċerdoti fi żminijiet tal-lum, li mhux jikkundannaw id-dinja ta’ madwarhom imma jsalvawha, bħal Ġesù li ma ġiex biex jikkundanna imma biex isalva… Read more »

October 5 – 11

06/10/2009

Monday

9.30 a.m. The Archbishop presents the report with proposals on renewal of Religious Feasts to the College of Parishioners.

11.00 a.m. The Archbishop presents the same report to the media.

6.30 p.m. The Archbishop attends a reception on the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the unification of the Republic of Germany, at the German Embassy in Lija.

Tuesday

9.00 p.m… Read more »

Pauline Year Archives

03/10/2009

From the 29th June 2008 to 29th June 2009 the Church throughout the world will observe a special Jubilee Year in honour of the Apostle Paul, whose birth is traditionally placed between 7 and 10 A.D. The celebration will be centred at the great Basilica of Saint Paul outside the Walls in Rome, where St Paul’s relics have been venerated for centuries. The Basilica will welcome thousands of pilgrims during this year… Read more »

Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions

01/10/2009

“Where Are the Frontiers for Solidarity in Europe?”

The Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions (Justice and Peace Europe) of the Catholic Church held its General Assembly and International Workshop on the theme: “Where are the frontiers for solidarity in Europe?” in Seville, Spain.

The theme of solidarity takes on particular significance in the context of our increasingly globalized world. In Seville, the delegates had the opportunity to examine the challenges to solidarity – political, social, cultural and economic – on both a national and international level… Read more »

Benedict XVI’s prayer intentions for October

01/10/2009

Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for October is: “That Sunday may be lived as the day on which Christians gather to celebrate the risen Lord, participating in the Eucharist”.

His mission intention is: “That the entire People of God, to whom Christ entrusted the mandate to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may eagerly assume their own missionary responsibility and consider it the highest service they can offer humanity”… Read more »

St. Thérèse in UK Attracting Thousands

01/10/2009

LONDON, SEPT. 28, 2009 (Zenit.org). The bishops’ of England and Wales estimate some 68,700 people visited the relics of St. Thérèse during the first 10 days of the tour of her relics.

The relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux will be visiting the United Kingdom through Oct. 16. They arrived Sept. 16. The relics have gone through some 40 countries… Read more »