News from the Church in Malta
‘How can Catholics live in a media saturated culture?’ and ‘The World in our face – How do people of faith download the best and leave the rest?’ will be addressed during two seminars that will be held on Friday 5th and Saturday, 6th November, 2010. The guest speaker will be Rev Dr Richard Leonard SJ, a lecturer at the Ponticial Gregorian University in Rome… Read more »
Pope greets the crowd
Benedict XVI is dedicating the month of November to pray for those who use drugs, or who are dependent on other substances.
The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for November.
His general prayer intention is: “That victims of drugs or of other dependence may, thanks to the support of the Christian community, find in the power of our saving God strength for a radical life-change.”
The Pontiff also chooses an apostolic intention for each month… Read more »
On Saturday, 29th October, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. presided over the Caritas General Assembly at the Curia.
CLICK HERE to download Mgr. Victor Grech’s address during the Caritas General Assembly.
…
L-Isqof t’Għawdex Mario Grech ħabbar li se jingħata bidu għall-proċess djoċesan biex tkun evalwata l-possibilità ta’ elementi ta’ qdusija fil-ħajja ta’ Dun Mikiel Attard, li miet sitt snin ilu. Dan, għalhekk, huwa l-bidu tal-proċess ta’ beatifikazzjoni ta’ dan is-saċerdot Għawdxi.
L-Isqof Grech ħatar lil Dun Anton Sciberras tas-Soċjetà Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl bħala l-Postulatur tal-Kawża ta’ Dun Mikiel Attard, u lil Fr Daniel Xerri, Rettur tas-Seminarju t’Għawdex, bħala Viċi-Postulatur… Read more »
Great crowds accompanied him on his way and he turned and spoke to them. ‘Anyone who comes to me without hating father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, cannot be my disciple. No one who does not carry his cross and come after me can be my disciple. ‘And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it? … Read more »
4 – 13th November 2010
Wednesday, 3rd November
10.30 a.m. The Archbishop holds a meeting with the Parish Priest.
Thursday, 4th November
7.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets members of Civil Society at the Pastoral Centre.
Saturday, 6th November
4.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets the ‘Diakonia’ Commission at the Pastoral Centre… Read more »
Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; I will certainly not reject anyone who comes to me, because I have come from heaven, not to do my own will, but to do the will of him who sent me. Now the will of him who sent me is that I should lose nothing of all that he has given to me, but that I should raise it up on the last day. … Read more »
children flee Church attack
A hostage situation in the Sayidat al-Najat Syrian Catholic cathedral of Baghdad Sunday ended when Iraqi police stormed the church. At least seven are dead, and another 20 are wounded.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, director of the Vatican press office, affirmed that the Holy See was following closely the situation that began when gunmen entered the church during the Sunday liturgy and took the congregation as hostages… Read more »
On Sunday, 31st October, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at the Saint Margaret Chapel in Mosta and after met Groups active in this zone.
CLICK HERE for the Archbishop’s Pastoral Visit programme in Mosta.
Click on the photo to enlarge… Read more »
On Friday, 5th November 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will celebrate a Mass during which Rev. Robert Galea will be ordained to the priesthood. The celebration, which begins at 6.30 pm, will take place at St Julian’s Parish Church. The general public is invited to attend and pray for the holiness of all priests, most especially for Rev. Robert who will be ordained during next Friday’s ceremony… Read more »
