receiving Eucharist

Benedict XVI is underlining the importance of the Eucharist, noting that the faithful who feed on the Body and Blood of Christ are gathered into one people of God. The Pope stated this today at a Mass at the Eleftheria Sports Centre in Nicosia, in which he presented the “instrumentum laboris” (working document) for the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place in Rome next October 10-24… Read more »

Is-saċerdot u l-lajk: il-kollaborazzjoni u l-korresponsabbilta’ kien is-suġġett  magħżul għal seminar organizzat mis-Segretarjat tal-Lajċi,  li sar il-Ħamis, 3 u l-Ġimgħa, 4 ta’ Ġunju, 2010 f’Gattard House, Blata l-Bajda.

Wara t-talb tal-bidu mmexxi mill-Youth Fellowship,  is-Seminar beda b’introduzzjoni qasira  mis-Sur Joe Farrugia, id-Delegat tal-Arċisqof għal-lajċi.  Fid-diskussjoni li saret wara, ħadu sehem Dr. Stephen Zammit, Ms Vincienne  Debono, l-Imħallef  J. R… Read more »

Matul din il-ġimgħa l-anzjani fir-Residenza San Vinċenz De Paul iċċelebraw għeluq il-mitt sena mill-bini tal-Knisja ddedikata lill-Qalb ta’ Ġesu`. Għal din l-okkażjoni speċjali, tħejja programm ta’ ċelebrazzjonijiet li kienu mqassma matul il-ġimgħa. Il-programm tal-festa inkluda kemm attivitajiet fil-kappella kif ukoll festi esterni.

Fost oħrjan l-anzjani jattendew għal diversi attivitajiet reliġjużi u għall-marċ tradizzjonali tal-festa li akkumpanja l-vara tal-Qalb ta’ Ġesu` fis-swali kollha fir-Residenza… Read more »

new media

New media have the “extraordinary potential” to bring the message of Christ to more and more people, says Benedict XVI.

The Pope said this today at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square in which he offered a long-distance greeting to those who are participating in the Catholic Media Convention, under way through Friday in New Orleans.

The theme of the convention, sponsored by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, has as its theme “Spreading the Good News — Byte by Byte.”

The Pope said the theme “highlights the extraordinary potential of the new media to bring the message of Christ and the teaching of his Church to the attention of a wider public.”

He continued: “If your mission is to be truly effective — if the words you proclaim are to touch hearts, engage people’s freedom and change their lives — you must draw them into an encounter with persons and communities who witness to the grace of Christ by their faith and their lives… Read more »