News from the Church in Malta
On Friday, 5th November, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met past RTK Board members, at the Curia.
Seen above (from left to right): Joe Zammit (Secretary), Robert Agius (Member), Dun Anton Cassar (Member), Franco Azzopardi (Chairperson), Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P., Fr. Charles Tabone O.P. (Archbishop’s Delegate for Social Communications), Prof. E. Delia (Member) and Mr. Franco Masini (Member)… Read more »
“Fl-ethos tal-bniedem tal-Punent, is-sesswalità umana m’għadhiex titqies bħala aspett serju tal-ħajja tal-bniedem. Svojtajna s-sesswalità mill-verità u t-tifsira proprja tagħha. Is-sesswalità m’għadhiex titqies bħala attività ‘sagra’, u għax timpenja l-persuna bħala tali, issa qed tiġi pubbliċizzata bħala ‘attività mekkanika’.”
Hekk sostna l-Isqof Mario Grech waqt konferenza nazzjonali li saret fi tmiem il-ġimgħa li għaddiet dwar ‘Is-Sbuħija tal-Ġisem: lejn it-Teoloġija tal-Ġisem’. Il-konferenza kienet organizzata minn Dar Ġużeppa Debono… Read more »
Luke 16,9-15
‘And so I tell you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings. Anyone who is trustworthy in little things is trustworthy in great; anyone who is dishonest in little things is dishonest in great. If then you are not trustworthy with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches? … Read more »
Il-Kummissjoni Kultura tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta flimkien mal-Kumitat Organizzativ għall-Festi Ċentinarji tal-Parroċċa ta’ Raħal Ġdid qegħdin iniedu t-tielet edizzjoni tal-Festival għall-Korijiet Parrokkjali. Da se jsir nhar l-Erbgħa 10, il-Ħamis 11 u l-Ġimgħa 12 ta’ Novembru. Din is-sena l-Festival se jinżamm fil-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Raħal Ġdid bħala parti mill-festi ċentinarji tal-Parroċċa.
F’din it-tielet edizzjoni se jipparteċipaw korijiet parrokkjali minn dawn l-ibliet u rħula: Gwardamanġa, Ħal Safi, Ħaż-Żabbar, Marsaxlokk, Mosta, Raħal Ġdid, San Bastjan, Ħal Qormi, San Ġiljan u Żurrieq… Read more »
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 »
Nhar l-Erbgħa, 3 ta’ Novembru, 2010, il-Kummissarju Għoli tal-Awstralja għal Malta, l-E.T. Ms Anne Quinane, akkumpanjata minn Mons. Philip Calleja, marret il-Monasteru tas-Sorijiet tal-Klawsura ta’ Sant Ursola, il-Belt, iżżur liż-żewġt aħwa Sr Christine u Lillian Borġ, it-tnejn imweldin l-Awstralja.
Hi saret taf bihom f’laqgħa li kellha ma’ ommhom, wara l-Quddiesa li ġiet iċċelebrata fl-KonKatidral ta’ San Ġwann nhar il-Ħadd 24 ta’ Ottubru, fl-okkażjoni ta’ Jum il-kanonizzazzjoni ta’ l-ewwel Qaddisa Awstraljana, Sr Mary of the Cross (Mary Helen MacKillop)… 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 »
The tax collectors and sinners, however, were all crowding round to listen to him, and the Pharisees and scribes complained saying, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable: ‘Which one of you with a hundred sheep, if he lost one, would fail to leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the missing one till he found it? … Read more »
‘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 »
