Monthly Archives: September 2010

Daily Gospel – 20th September

Luke 8,16-18

‘No one lights a lamp to cover it with a bowl or to put it under a bed. No, it is put on a lamp-stand so that people may see the light when they come in.  For nothing is hidden but it will be made clear, nothing secret but it will be made known and brought to light.  So take care how you listen; anyone who has, will be given more; anyone who has not, will be deprived even of what he thinks he has.’

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POPE BEATIFIES BRITISH CONVERT

The Pope declared Cardinal Newman ”blessed” before thousands of worshippers

Thousands of people have witnessed the Pope’s beatification of 19th Century theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman, as his UK state visit was in its final stage.

The pontiff told more than 50,000 people at a Mass in Birmingham’s Cofton Park that they were celebrating the cardinal’s “outstanding holiness”… Read more »

September 20 – 26

Monday

9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.
6.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets the members of the Cana Movement Council, at the Centru Animazzjoni u Komunikazzoni (CAK) in Birkirkara.

Tuesday

10.00 a.m. The Archbishop celebrates Pontifical Mass on Independence Day, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.

Wednesday

9.30 a.m. The Archbishop meets Rev… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 19th September

Luke 16,1-13

He also said to his disciples, ‘There was a rich man and he had a steward who was denounced to him for being wasteful with his property.  He called for the man and said, “What is this I hear about you? Draw me up an account of your stewardship because you are not to be my steward any longer.”  Then the steward said to himself, “Now that my master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I to do? … Read more »

ACTIVITIES FOR WORLD MISSION DAY 2010

Matul Ottubru, l-Uffiċċju Missjunarju, f’kollaborazzjoni ma’ numru ta’ għaqdiet u kongregazzjonijiet missjunarji, qed jorganizza żewġ attivitajiet pubbliċi biex jiċċelebra l-Ġurnata Missjunarja Dinjija 2010, li din is-sena se tkun iċċelebrata fl-24 ta’ Ottubru.

F’kummenti lil IL-ĠENSillum online, kelliem għall-dan l-Uffiċċju, John Bason, fakkar li Ottubru huwa x-xahar dedikat lill-missjonijiet, u għal darb’oħra l-Uffiċċju Missjunarju Pontifiċju se jkun qed jorganizza attivitajiet għal din l-okkażjoni maħsuba għall-familja kollha “biex din il-Ġurnata, li tiġi darba fis-sena, tkun ċelebrata kif jixraq”… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 18th September

Luke 8,4-15

With a large crowd gathering and people from every town finding their way to him, he told this parable:  ‘A sower went out to sow his seed. Now as he sowed, some fell on the edge of the path and was trampled on; and the birds of the air ate it up.  Some seed fell on rock, and when it came up it withered away, having no moisture.   … Read more »