News from the Church in Malta
On Thursday, 1st July, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP as part of his pastoral visit in Birkirkara, presided over the Parish Assembly at the Parish Hall. CLICK HERE for the Archbishop’s Pastoral Visit programme in Birkirkara.
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Pope
Benedict XVI will be praying this month for transparent elections, as well as the promotion of peace, especially in the world’s cities.
The Apostleship of Prayer announced the intentions chosen by the Pope for July. His general prayer intention is: “That in every nation of the world the election of officials may be carried out with justice, transparency and honesty, respecting the free decisions of citizens.”
The Holy Father also chooses an apostolic intention for each month… Read more »
As Jesus was walking on from there he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him. Now while he was at table in the house it happened that a number of tax collectors and sinners came to sit at the table with Jesus and his disciples… Read more »
Christian Unity
The theme for the 44th edition of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2011 (the first took place in 1968) is “One in the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread and prayer”. It was chosen by a group of Christian leaders from Jerusalem, including Michel Sabbah, Emeritus Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Munib Younan, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, and other members of the Greek-Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and of the Syrian-Orthodox, Melkite-Catholic, Armenian-Orthodox and Episcopalian churches… Read more »
Jesus got back in the boat, crossed the water and came to his home town. And suddenly some people brought him a paralytic stretched out on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Take comfort, my child, your sins are forgiven.’ And now some scribes said to themselves, ‘This man is being blasphemous.’ Knowing what was in their minds Jesus said, ‘Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts? … Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI dedicated today’s Wednesday audience to St. Joseph Cafasso on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his death. The Pope offered lay and religious people in particular the example of a Piedmontese priest who dedicated his life to education, confession, spiritual direction and apostolate among the poor and the prisoners.
“That of St. Joseph Cafasso is a living and topical message”, said the Pontiff… Read more »
Is-Soċjeta’ Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl, illum tagħlaq mitt sena mit-twaqqif tagħha (1910 – 2010). Kien fit-30 ta’ Ġunju ta’ l-1910 li Mons. Ġiuseppe De Piro laqgħa l-ewwel żewg membri fis-Soċjeta’. Għal din l-okkażjoni, illejla fis-6.00 p.m., fil-Katidral tal-Imdina, il-membri kollha tas-Soċjeta’, se jingħaqdu ma’ l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. biex flimkien jirringrazzjaw lil Alla għall-grazzja ta’ tant ħidmiet imwettqa mis-Soċjeta’ hawn Malta, u fl-Abbisinja, Awstralja, Peru’, Filippini, Pakistan, Stati Uniti ta’ l-Amerika u l-Kanada… Read more »
On Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th, June, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP celebrated Mass at Saint Domenico Savio Oratory and at Saint Francis Church in Birkirkara and afterwards met the people residing in the area. CLICK HERE for the Archbishop’s Pastoral Visit programme in Birkirkara.
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When he reached the territory of the Gadarenes on the other side, two demoniacs came towards him out of the tombs – they were so dangerously violent that nobody could use that path. Suddenly they shouted, ‘What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before the time?’ Now some distance away there was a large herd of pigs feeding, and the devils pleaded with Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.’ And he said to them, ‘Go then,’ and they came out and made for the pigs; and at that the whole herd charged down the cliff into the lake and perished in the water… Read more »
euros
In 2009, 140 developing countries benefited from the financial aids allocated by the European Commission to cooperation and humanitarian aids. Barroso’s Executive Committee adopted the 2010 Report on External Aids that, if we add up all entries, amount to about 12 billion euros, out of the EU’s total annual budget of 143 billion (9%).
In addition, new plans were adopted last year, such as the “Food Aid”, “Flex Vulnerability” (support to national budgets), “Fast Start” (climate change)… Read more »
