News from the Church in Malta
Il-Ħamis, 12 ta’ Novembru 2009, l-Ambaxxatur Amerikan għal Malta, Douglas W. Kmiec, għamel żjara ta’ kortesija lill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP. Din il-laqgħa saret fir-residenza tal-Arċisqof Ħ’Attard.
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Nhar it-Tlieta, 10 ta’ Novembru 2009, fis-Seminarju tal-Virtu’ r-Rabat, saret iċ-Ċerimonja ta’ Gradwazzjoni ta’ 159 student u studenta li segwew jew temmew b’suċċess wieħed minn seba’ korsijiet mmexxija mill-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali. Din iċ-ċerimonja tmexxiet mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP. Il-korsijiet kienu dawn:
Short Certificate in Evangelisation
Short Certificate in Christian Leadership II
Short Certificate in Missiology
Short Certificate in Catholic Social Teaching
Certificate in Spirituality
Short Certificate in Adolescent and Youth Ministry
Short Certificate in Catholic Religious Education
Nifirħu lill-gradwati! … Read more »
Benedict XVI is expressing support for sports programs, underlining the role of athletics and competitive activity in the formation of the person.
The Pope stated this in a message sent to participants in a seminar on “Sports, Education and Faith: For a New Stage in the Catholic Sports Movement,” which took place Friday and Saturday in Rome. The message was sent to Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity… Read more »
Il-Katekeżi hija mument importanti ħafna fil-ħidma tal-Knisja biex tlaqqa’ lill-bniedem ma’ Gesu’ Kristu u tipprova twasslu biex ħajtu jifhimha minn lenti ta’ fidi f’Alla. Propju għaliex il-Katekeiżi trid tiffaċilita l-laqgħa ma’ Alla, ma tistax tkun biss formoli ta’ duttrina validi dejjem u kullimkien.
Biex il-Katekeżi tkun tara u tikkomunika, trid tisma’ u tifhem id-domandi veri li l-bniedem iġorr fil-fond ta’ qalbu… Read more »
Vetustior Glorior
Fil-kunvent tal-Agostinjani tar-Rabat qed titħejja open weekend bit-tema Vetustior glorior: fidi, arti, kultura, storja. L-għan li għalih ser issir l-open weekend huwa doppju:
1. tkun opportunità, li l-pubbliku jkun jista’ jidħol u jżur post li normalment ikun magħluq għax huwa dar reliġjuża. Tkun opportunità kulturali fejn kull min jixtieq jista’ japprezza mhux biss il-wirt artistiku u arkitettoniku, iżda japprezza wkoll il-ħajja komunitarja tar-reliġjużi agostinjani, imsejsa fuq il-fidi… Read more »
Kazakhstan is one nation that enjoys the peaceful coexistence of faithful from various religions, Benedict XVI and the Kazakhstani president observed. The Pope was visited by Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Vatican. The president went on to meet with the Holy Father’s secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, and the Vatican secretary for relations with states, Archbishop Dominique Mamberti.
A communiqué from the Vatican press office reported that “attention turned to questions concerning the economic crisis in the light of the encyclical ‘Caritas in Veritate,’ to interreligious dialogue and to the promotion of peace, on the eve of Kazakhstan’s presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.”
The leaders also expressed their mutual satisfaction at good relations between the Central Asian nation and the Holy See… Read more »
Il-Ħadd, 8 ta’ Novembru 2009, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP iċċelebra Quddiesa li fiha sitt seminaristi u reliġjuż mill-Ordni Agostinjan ġew ordnati Djakni, fil-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Kristu Re, Raħal il-Ġdid. Id-djakni huma Fr. Deo Debono OSA, Fr. Stefan Galea, Fr. Mark Ellul, Fr. Emmanuel Schembri, Fr. Blake Camilleri, Fr. Marc André Camilleri, Fr. Noel Borg.
Agħfas fuq ir-ritratt biex tkabbar… Read more »
Is-Sibt, 7 ta’ Novembru 2009, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP iċċelebra Quddiesa fil-ftuħ taż-żjara pastorali fiż-Żejtun. Fl-omelija tiegħu l-Arċisqof spjega kif kollox jibda mill-imħabba t’Alla għal bniedem, u li permezz tal-Knisja nistgħu nifhmu din l-imħabba u insiru nafu lil Kristu. L-Arċisqof qal li bl-istess mod li rċevejna dan il-wirt, huwa dmir tagħna bħala knisja li ngħixu u nħabbru din l-aħbar tal-imħabba t’Alla… Read more »
“In the last few years, our efforts to save the planet did not bear much fruit. For this reason it is important that the Church teach people how to contribute to the protection of the environment”, said the archbishop of the diocese of Cashel & Emly, Mgr Dermot Clifford, as he announced the Irish bishops’ pastoral letter on the environment.
The document entitled “The cry of the earth” is to be released in Donaghmede, Dublin, on 10 November and will be made available to parishes in English, Irish and Polish with an accompanying reflection on the same issue in DVD format… Read more »
DISKORS TAL-ARĊISQOF WAQT IL-PONTIFIKAL TA’ JUM IT-TIFKIRA – 8 ta’ Novembru, 2009
Eċċellenza President ta’ Malta u Sinjura Abela,
Ħuti,
Aħna llum ġejna hawnhekk bħala komunita’ nisranija biex niċċelebraw lill-Mulej Ġesu’ f’offerta li hu għamel lil Alla l-Missier minn fuq is-Salib: “F’idejk, Missier, jien nerħi ruħi” (Lq 23,46). Illum f’att ta’ mħabba u rikonoxximent qegħdin infakkru t-tbatija u l-mewt tiegħu fid-dawl ta’ dawk kollha li b’sagrifiċċju ta’ ħajjithom, mietu fiż-żewġ Gwerer Dinjin… Read more »
