News from the Church in Malta
On Saturday, 4th December, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. attended the inauguration of Palazzo de Piro, in Mdina. As part of the inauguration ceremony, four wax reliefs were exhibited. According to a recent study, these wax reliefs are attributed to Melchiorre Gafa’. The ‘Annunciation to Our Lady’ and ‘the shepherds giving praise to the Lord’ are amongst some of the recently restored work of arts… Read more »
Now it happened that he was teaching one day, and Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who had come from every village in Galilee, from Judaea and from Jerusalem, were sitting there. And the power of the Lord was there so that he should heal. And now some men appeared, bringing on a bed a paralysed man whom they were trying to bring in and lay down in front of him. … Read more »
Monday
9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.
7.00 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass and meets members of ‘Belong Group’ at the Poor Clair’s Convent in St. Julian’s.
Tuesday
9.30 a.m. Students from St. Joseph School Blata l-Bajda exchange Christmas greetings with the Archbishop, at the Curia.
12.00 p.m. The Archbishop visits the fund-raising campaign organized by the students from the Faculty of Theology in collaboration with RTK, at the University… Read more »
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2nd Sunday of Advent
Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths staight
Matthew 3,1-12
In due course John the Baptist appeared; he proclaimed this message in the desert of Judaea, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.’ This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said: A voice of one that cries in the desert, ‘Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’ This man John wore a garment made of camel-hair with a leather loin-cloth round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. … Read more »
Ċifri tal-Uffiċċju Nazzjonali tal-Istatistika juru li fl-2009 kien hemm 27,250 persuna minn 12-il sena ’l fuq li għaddew medja ta’ 23 siegħa fix-xahar f’ħidma volontarja.
Fl-okkażjoni tal-Jum Internazzjonali għall-Volontarjat fl-Iżvilupp Ekonomiku u Soċjali, l-Uffiċċju Nazzjonali tal-Istatistika semma li fi stħarriġ li sar fuq id-dħul tal-familji u l-kundizzjonijiet tal-ħajja ħareġ li tmienja fil-mija tal-popolazzjoni Maltija matul l-2009 kienet qed tagħmel xi forma ta’ volontarjat… Read more »
Matthew 9,35 – 10,1.6-8
Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness. And when he saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers to his harvest.’ He summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to drive them out and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of illness… Read more »
Radju Marija Malta bil-kollaborazzjoni tal-Fondazzjoni Patri Martin Caruana OP qed jorganizza Velja tal-Kunċizzjoni, nhar it-Tlieta 7 ta’ Diċembru, 2010, fis-7.00 p.m, fil-Kattidral tal-Imdina.
Il-Velja tal-Kunċizzjoni ilha tiġi organizzata għal dawn l-aħħar sitt snin u din ir-raba’ edizzjoni se ssir fil-Kattidral tal-Imdina. L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP se jkun qed jippresiedi din il-velja li tinkludi wkoll purċissjoni aux flambeaux mat-toroq tal-Imdina. Il-Velja se tkun animata mill-Grupp Elgibor taħt id-direzzjoni ta’ Lawrence Piscopo… Read more »
On Friday, 3rd December, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) in Mriehel, met members of staff and celebrated Mass.
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Continuing with an itinerary that has spanned from Poznan, to Brussels, Geneva, Zagreb, Milan, Lisbon, Hamburg, Budapest and Paris, this year the 33rd European meeting organized by the Taizé Community will be held in Rotterdam.
The Dec. 28-Jan. event is expected to bring 30,000 young people to the city, at the invitation of the Bishops Conference of the Netherlands, the General Council of the Dutch Protestant Church and the Netherlands Council of Churches… Read more »
Matthew 9,27-31
As Jesus went on his way two blind men followed him shouting, ‘Take pity on us, son of David.’ And when Jesus Then he touched their eyes saying, ‘According to your faith, let it be done to you.’ And their sight returned. Then Jesus But when they had gone away, they talked about him all over the countryside. reached the house the blind men came up to him and he said to them, ‘Do you believe I can do this?’ They said, ‘Lord, we do.’ sternly warned them, ‘Take care that no one learns about this.’
The Saint of the Day: St Francis Xavier
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