News from the Church in Malta
Monday
8:45 a.m. The Archbishop receives a courtesy visit from Sr Nunzia Gori, Superior General of the Sisters of Charity, at his residence in Attard.
9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.
1.30 p.m. The Archbishop is interviewed on ONE TV.
4.45 p.m. The Archbishop visits Saint Andrew Catechism Centre, Mosta where he is holding his pastoral visit… Read more »
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Luke 17, 11-19
Now it happened that on the way to Jerusalem he was travelling in the borderlands of Samaria at the top of his voice and threw himself prostrate at the feet of Jesus and thanked him… Read more »
It happened that as he was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, ‘Blessed the womb that bore you and the breasts that fed you!’ But he replied, ‘More blessed still are those who hear the word of God and keep it!’
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Yesterday the Holy Father received participants in a congress on the Catholic press promoted by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. The congress has been taking place this week in Rome.
Addressing the participants, who come from eighty-five different countries, the Pope referred to two specific aspects of the role of the Catholic press. On the one hand, he said, “there is the specific nature of the medium: the press; i.e., the written word and its importance and effectiveness in a society which has seen the burgeoning of dish antennae and satellites… Read more »
Il-Ħamis, 7 ta’ Ottubru, 2010, il-Kummissjoni Pastorali Dwar id-Dinja tax-Xogħol organizzat konferenza bit-tema ‘il-Ħadd: Ta’ Kulħadd?’
Meta kien qed jindirizza din il-konferenza, Monsinjur Anton Gouder, Pro-Vigarju Generali, qal li Alla bierek u qaddes is-seba’ jum. Alla ordna lill-bniedem biex jistrieħ u li ebda persuna ma tittħaddem f’jum il-Ħadd. Monsinjur Gouder qal li dan juri biċ-ċar l-aspett socjali tar-religjon tagħna, fejn Alla jpoġġi lill-bniedem u lid-dinjita’ tiegħu, kif ukoll il-bżonn tal-bniedem biex jistrieħ, fiċ-ċentru tas-soċjeta’… Read more »
L-Għaqda Studenti tat-Teoloġija qed torganizza Lectio Divina nhar is-Sibt 9 t’Ottubru fis-7:30pm fil-Kunvent tal-Patrijiet Karmelitani fl-Imdina. Din se tkun immexxija minn Rev Fr. Alessandro Vella O Carm. Kulħadd huwa mistieden li jattendi. Il-laqgħa tispiċċa għal-ħabta tad-9:00pm.
L-eżerċizzju tal-Lectio Divina huwa l-għarfien u t-twettieq bl-għemil tar-rieda ta’ Alla permezz tal-Kotba Mqaddsa. It-terminu Lectio Divina jfisser qari tal-Kelma ta’ Alla. Imma dan l-eżerċizzju mhux sempliċi qari tal-Bibbja… Read more »
But some of them said, ‘It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he drives devils out.’ Others asked him, as a test, for a sign from heaven; but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, ‘Any kingdom which is divided against itself is heading for ruin, and house collapses against house. So, too, with Satan: if he is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? … Read more »
Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev
Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev of Volokolamsk is expressing the conviction that the 21st century will see a flowering of Christianity, without divisions between the followers of Jesus.
The chairman of the Department of External Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate made these comments today in a ceremony in which he was given an honorary doctorate by the faculty of theology of Catalonia, which is under the patronage of the Gregorian University of Rome… Read more »
On the occasion of the Cathedral Consecration Anniversary, the Cathedral Museum of Mdina will hold an Open Day for Maltese and Tourists on the 10th of October, 2010 from 10.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m.
There will be two guided tours, one at 11.00 led by Mgr. Prof. Vincent Borg and another one at 16.00 led by Rev. John Sammut.
All are invited to attend… Read more »
He also said to them, ‘Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him in the middle of the night to say, “My friend, lend me three loaves, because a friend of mine on his travels has just arrived at my house and I have nothing to offer him;” and the man answers from inside the house, “Do not bother me… Read more »
