Yearly Archives: 2010

Volunteer’s Night: Homecoming 2010

On Friday October 8th, Archbishop Paul Cremona will be welcoming back the hundreds of young volunteers who spent their summer holidays with the underprivildged. The volunteers took part in projects in Malta and in other countries as distant as Ethiopia, India and Peru, freely committing themselves to marginalised communities and individuals.

In the homecoming celebration the young people will share their experiences and reflections with the Archbishop who will, in turn, present each of them with a commemorative token… Read more »

JUDICIAL VICAR’S HOMILY ON THE OPENING OF THE FORENSIC YEAR

It-tradizzjoni fil-Knisja li fil-bidu tas-sena Ġudizzjarja l-Imħallfin u l-Amministraturi tal-Ġustizzja jersqu lejn l-artal biex jitolbu l-għajnuna ta’ Alla, l-Ispirtu s-Santu, biex jgħinhom fit-twettiq tal-ministeru tagħhom ta’ l-amministrazzjoni tal-ġustizzja bdiet fil-Medju Evu.

Kien iż-żmien fil-ħajja tal-Knisja meta kien hemm qbil u ftehim dwar l-għaqda essenżjali bejn ir-raġuni u il-fidi. U l-Imħallfin, l-avukat u l-uffiċjali l-oħra tal-Qrati tal-Ġustizzja li huma nsara konvinti jifhmu, anki llum, li l-amministrazzjoni tal-ġustizzja f’soċjetà li għadha tħaddan il-valuri nsara, ma tistax titqiegħed fuq bażi soda jekk ma jkollhiex bħala fundament tagħha l-obbedjenża lejn il-Liġi ta’ Alla.    … Read more »

Daily Gospel – 4th October

Matthew 11, 25-30

At that time Jesus exclaimed, ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do.  Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.   … Read more »

‘QALBINNIES’ ON THE ELDERLY

The first programme of this new TV series addresses the vulnerability of the elderly. Click on the image below to watch the latest edition of ‘QalbinNies’.

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October 4 – 10

Monday

9.50 p.m. The Archbishop returns to Malta from Croatia.

Tuesday

9.00 a.m. The Archbishop visits Mgarr primary school.

4.00 p.m. The Archbishop participates in a ‘live’ radio programm on Radju Marija.

6.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets the ‘Diakonia’ Commission of Mġarr Parish.

7.30 p.m. The Archbishop presides over the Parish Assembly of Mġarr… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 3rd October & ‘Kelma ghall-Hajja’

Click on the image below to watch the latest edition of the programme ‘Kelma ghall-Hajja’.


Luke 17, 5-10

The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’  The Lord replied, ‘If you had faith like a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you.   … Read more »

MALTESE YOUTHS COULD WIN FRONT ROW TICKETS TO THE POPE’S VIGIL DURING WYD

Żgħażagħ Maltin jistgħu jidħlu biċ-ċans li jirbħu żewġ biljetti li jagħtuhom l-opportunità li jkunu fl-ewwel filliera fil-Velja mal-Papa Benedittu XVI li se ssir fl-20 ta’ Awissu 2011 f’Cuatro Vientos, Madrid, fl-okkażjoni tal-Jum Dinji taż-Żgħażagħ.

Dan tħabbar iktar kmieni din il-ġimgħa fi stqarrija maħruġa mill-Kummissjoni Djoċesana Żgħażagħ.

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Daily Gospel – 2nd October

Matthew 18, 1-5.10

At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’  So he called a little child to him whom he set among them.  Then he said, ‘In truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven.  And so, the one who makes himself as little as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven.   … Read more »

POPE TO PRAY FOR CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES

Pope Benedict XVI

Benedict XVI will be praying in October for Catholic universities, particularly that they might become places where people find a faith-reason unity.

The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for October. His general prayer intention is: “That Catholic universities may increasingly become places where, in light of the Gospel, people may experience the unity of faith and reason.”

The Holy Father also chooses an apostolic intention for each month… Read more »