Yearly Archives: 2010

REMEMBERING MALTESE MISSIONARY WORKERS

27/09/2010

The Secretariat for Maltese Priests who serve the Church abroad (SMPO) greet priests, religious and laity who are performing missionary duties and wish to express their appreciation for the sterling work they perform in this particular field.

The Secretariat wishes to invite the Maltese people to pause for a moment and reflect, together as a family or within groups, upon the difficulties which those missionaries who are working in Pakistan and India are presently facing… Read more »

POPE’S MESSAGE ON WORLD TOURISM DAY

27/09/2010

Tema: It-turizmu u l-Biodiversita

Bit-tema tat-“Turizmu u l-Biodiversita’” li kienet proposta mill-Organizazzjoni Dinjija tat-Turizmu, il-Jum Dinji tat-Turizmu jispera li jaghti l-kontribuzzjoni tieghu lis-Sena Internazzjonali ghad-Diversita Biologika 2010, li kienet dikjarata mill-Assemblea Generali tal-Gnus Maghquda.

Din is-sejha saret imhabba it-thassib serju dwar “l-implikazzjonijiet socjali, ekonomici, ambjentali u kulturali li jtellfu l-biodiversita, li jinkludu l-effetti negattivi fil-kisbiet tal-Ghanijiet tal-Izvilupp tal-Millenju u l-htiega li jinholqu mizuri konkreti biex jreggghuha lura… Read more »

MILLENNIUM CHAPEL FOUNDER PASSES ON DIRECTORSHIP

27/09/2010

Fr Saviour Grima OSA whose latest responsibility has been that of parish priest at St Augustine Church in Valletta has been appointed as new Director of the Millennium Chapel and WOW.  Fr Hilary Tagliaferro who founded the Millennium Chapel ten years ago will remain active at Millennium Chapel and will assist  Fr Saviour Grima to take on his role and to provide his constant support and experience… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 27 September

27/09/2010

Luke 9,46-50

An argument started between them about which of them was the greatest.  Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child whom he set by his side  and then he said to them, ‘Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me… Read more »

NEW PARISH PRIEST FOR IKLIN

26/09/2010

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. has appointed Fr Keith Bonniċi as the new Parish Priest of Iklin.

Fr Bonniċi, from Hamrun, was born on 1st November 1970. He attended Stella Maris School, Balzan and the Minor Seminary in Rabat.

He spent twenty years in Scotland where he led a monastic life for eleven years. He was ordained to the priesthood on the 6th November 1995… Read more »

September 27 – October 3

26/09/2010

Monday

9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.
4.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets children who attend catechism centres at the Parish Centre of Mġarr where he is holding his Pastoral Visit.

6.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Cathecetical Commission and Catechists from the Mġarr Parish.

7.30 p.m. The Archbishop holds meetings with the Parish Pastoral Council, Commission for the Implementation of the Synod and the Parish Economic Council of Mġarr… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 26 September

26/09/2010

Luke 16, 19-31

‘There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day.  And at his gate there used to lie a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores,  who longed to fill himself with what fell from the rich man’s table. Even dogs came and licked his sores.  Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s embrace… Read more »

SECOND YEAR OF PARISH PASTORAL VISITS

25/09/2010

Archbishop Paul Cremona on Saturday 25th September, 2010, embarked on a Pastoral Visit to Mgarr. This is the second year of the programme of pastoral visits which are spread over a period of five years. The primary scope of these visits is for the Archbishop to meet people living in the parish and all those who offer their services within the Church. After the Mgarr Pastoral Visit, the Archbishop will visit the parishes of Mosta and Gharghur… Read more »

THREE JOYFUL EVENTS FOR THE FRANCISCAN PROVINCE

25/09/2010

During the month of September the Franciscan Province of St. Paul the Apostle has shared three important joyful events.

On the 6th September at St. Francis Church, Hamrun, Brother Aaron Abdilla O.F.M. professed to live for a year the vows of obedience, poverty and chastity, in the Franciscan Order, after terminating his novitiate in Assisi. During the same celebration Clive Camilleri, Ramon Farrugia u Andrea Diacono received the Franciscan habit… Read more »

Daily Gospel – 25th September

25/09/2010

Luke 9, 43-45

Everyone was awestruck by the greatness of God. But while everyone was full of admiration for all he did, he said to his disciples,  ‘For your part, you must have these words constantly in mind: The Son of man is going to be delivered into the power of men.’  But they did not understand what he said; it was hidden from them so that they should not see the meaning of it, and they were afraid to ask him about it… Read more »