Monthly Archives: October 2010

Daily Gospel – 25th October

Luke 13, 10-17

One Sabbath day he was teaching in one of the synagogues, and there before him was a womanspirit that crippled her; she was bent double and quite unable to stand upright.  When Jesus saw her he called her over and said, ‘Woman, you are freed from your disability,’ and he laid his hands on her. And at once she straightened up, and she glorified God.   … Read more »

25 – 31 October

Monday

9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.

5.00 p.m. The Archbishop visits the Catechism Centre (MUSEUM) for girls in Mosta, where he is holding his Pastoral Visit.

6.30 p.m. The Archbishop presides over the meeting of the ‘Diakonia’ Commission in Mosta.

7.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Catechetical Commission and Catechists from the same parish… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 24th October

Luke 18, 9-14

He spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and despised everyone else,  ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.  The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, “I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like everyone else, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here.   … Read more »

PRESIDENT OF EU PARLIAMENT IN AUDIENCE WITH POPE BENEDICT ON 25TH OCTOBER

2010

“This is the European Year against Poverty and Social Exclusion. This visit is an acknowledgement of the key role played by the Catholic Church in the fight against these two evils”. This is how te President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, comments the confirmation of the private audience granted him by Pope Benedict XVI on 25th October in the Vatican.

”The fight against poverty and social exclusion requires a partnership between all players involved – Buzek states -… Read more »

SEMINAR ON THE CHARTER OF THE RIGHTS OF THE FAMILY

Fr Rene' Camilleri

On the 27th anniversary from the presentation by the Holy See, of the Charter of the Rights of the Family, ProgettImpenn organised a conference at the Catholic Institute, Floriana, on Friday, 23rd October 2010. The guest speaker, Fr Rene’ Camilleri, reiterated that there is no doubt that today, 27 years after its publication, the Charter is still relevant; yet one must ask whether this Charter is actually a remedy for all that ails marriage and the family in our age.  … Read more »

CONSIDERATIONS ON ASSISTED PROCREATION

Il-Kumitat Parlamentari Magħżul tal-Kamra tad-Deputati dwar il-Prokreazzjoni Medikament Assistita dil-ġimgħa ppreżenta Rapport li mal-ewwel daqqa t’għajn jidher li hu pass ’il quddiem fid-direzzjoni t-tajba. Il-Kumitat kien taħt it-tmexxija tal-Membru Parlamentari Dr Jean Pierre Farrugia.

Ngħiduha kif inhi, kien il-waqt li fil-pajjiż ikollna xi forma ta’ regolamentazzjoni f’dan is-settur. Qabel xejn, biex ikunu delineati l-parametri li fihom il-professjonisti tagħna jkunu jistgħu joperaw, u t-tieni, biex ikun żgurat l-aqwa servizz mediku f’dan il-qasam sofistikat… Read more »

FEAST OF OUR LADY – MDINA CATHEDRAL

Mit-Tnejn 25 sal-Ġimgħa 29 ta’ Ottubru ser isiru żjajjar lill-familji tal-Imdina mill-membri tal-Kapitlu Metropolitan.

Il-Ġimgħa 29 ta’ Ottubru ser ssir Siegħa Marjana fil-Katidral tal-Imdina fis-6.30pm (wara l-Quddiesa tas-6.00pm) bil-parteċipazzjoni tal-membri kollha tal-Leġjun ta’ Marija, tal-Moviment Marjan, tal-Kultura Marjana u tat-Terzordni Karmelitan.

Il-Ħadd 31 ta’ Ottubru fil-Katidral tal-Imdina jingħad ir-rużarju quddiem Ġesù Sagramentat espost fil-5.15pm u fis-6.00pm tibda Konċelebrazzjoni solenni li għaliha huma mistiedna speċjali l-koppji kollha li żżewġu fil-Katidral… Read more »

MESSAGE ON THE ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE OF SEVEN SEMINARIANS

Ħuti,

tafu li s-sagramenti huma sinjali li jidhru u li permezz tagħhom tingħata grazzja speċjali.Għandna ħames sagramenti li jagħtuna grazzja personali; erba’ sagramenti ngħidulhom ta’ l-inizzjazzjoni, tal-bidu: Magħmudija, Griżma ta’ l-Isqof jew Konfirmazzjoni, Qrar u Tqarbin u għandna s-sagrament tal-Morda li jiġi mogħti f’mument partikolari, f’mument ta’ tbatija tal-persuna. Imbagħad għandna żewġ sagramenti oħrajn li huma sagramenti li min jirċevihom, jirċevihom direttament għall-qadi tal-komunita’ nisranija… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 23rd October

Luke 13, 1-9

It was just about this time that some people arrived and told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this he said to them,  ‘Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than any others, that this should have happened to them?  They were not, I tell you… Read more »

ARCHBISHOP VISITS THE LANDS DEPARTMENT

On Friday, 22nd October, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona visited the Lands Department. The Hon Jason Azzopardi, Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Land, welcomed the Archbishop on his first visit to the offices.

Photos – DOI, Clodagh Farrugia O’Neill Read more »