Monthly Archives: January 2011

ANNIVERSARY OF THE EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF ARCHBISHOP PAUL CREMONA

24/01/2011

On the occasion of the fourth anniversary if his Episcopal Ordination, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will be celebrating a Thanksgiving Mass at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, on Sunday, 30th January 2011, at 5:30 p.m. Priests are invited to concelebrated, and everyone is invited to attend.

On Tuesday 25th January, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will be celebrating his 65th Birthday. Mgr. Cremona was born in 1946… Read more »

CHURCH SCHOOL ENTRY REGULATIONS UPDATED

24/01/2011

The regulations for entry into Church schools have been updated since they were first published in December 2010.

Recently a decision to re-organise some of the Church’s Kindergarten schools was taken by Church School officials and the Heads of the Church Kindergarten schools.  This has resulted in 32 boys and 33 girls less vacancies in Kindergarten 1 and 31 boys and 32 girls more vacancies in Kindergarten 2… Read more »

INCONSISTENCY

24/01/2011

Il-kontorni tad-dibattitu nazzjonali dwar jekk f’Malta għandhiex tiddaħħal leġiżlazzjoni li tippermetti lill-koppji miżżewġin biex jiddivorzjaw, kulma jmur qed jiffurmaw irwieħhom.

Fl-aħħar ħmistax rajna l-ewwel it-twaqqif tal-moviment ‘Żwieġ bla Divorzju’, moviment li jsostni li d-dħul tad-divorzju mhix għażla għaqlija hekk kif dan ibiddel in-natura taż-żwieġ. Sussegwentement, il-‘Moviment Iva Għad-Divorzju’ nieda l-logo tiegħu li jġib il-kliem: ‘Iva għad-Divorzju, Iva għaż-Żwieġ’.

Irridu nistqarru li l-logo magħżul mill-moviment favur id-dħul tad-divorzju f’Malta għalina jqajjem għadd ta’ mistoqsijiet li jitolbu tweġiba, primarjament dwar il-konsistenza bejn iż-żewġ frażijiet li jikkomponu dan l-istess logo… Read more »

EGYPT ISLAM CENTER FREEZES DIALOGUE WITH VATICAN

24/01/2011

The Islamic Research Council of the University of al-Azhar, the highest authority of Sunni Islam, is freezing dialogue with the Vatican in protest of Benedict XVI’s defense of Christians in Egypt.

This is the latest development in relations between Egypt and the Vatican that have become strained in the wake of a Jan. 1 attack on a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria, which caused the death of more than 20 people leaving the Divine Liturgy… Read more »

Daily Gospel -24th January

24/01/2011

Mark 3,22-30

The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, ‘Beelzebul is in him,’ and, ‘It is through the prince of devils that he drives devils out.’ So he called them to him and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last. And if a household is divided against itself, that household can never last… Read more »

January 24 – 30

23/01/2011

Monday

9.00 a.m. The Archbishop receives Archbishop Bakhomious, fisrt assistant of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, at his residence, Attard.

9.30 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.

4.30 p.m. The Archbishop visits the Sisters and residents of St. Joseph Home, Zabbar.

6.00 p.m… Read more »

Daily Gospel -23rd January

23/01/2011

Matthew 4,12-23

Hearing that John had been arrested he withdrew to Galilee, and leaving Nazara he went and settled in Capernaum, beside the lake, on the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali. This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: Land of Zebulun! Land of Naphtali! Way of the sea beyond Jordan. Galilee of the nations! The people that lived in darkness have seen a great light; on those who lived in a country of shadow dark as death a light has dawned… Read more »

POPE MAKES MORAL APPEAL TO ITALIAN PUBLIC OFFICIALS

22/01/2011

Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI has said public officials must offer a strong moral example, his first apparent comment on the sex scandal engulfing Italy’s PM.

Though Silvio Berlusconi’s name was not explicitly mentioned, the Pope’s words echo those of a senior Vatican official who said the issue was troubling.

Mr Berlusconi’s lawyers have said he will not attend questioning on charges that he paid for sex with a minor… Read more »

Daily Gospel -22nd January

22/01/2011

Matthew 25,31-40

‘When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. All nations will be assembled before him and he will separate people one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left… Read more »