News from the Church in Malta
On Wednesday 31st August 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. left Malta to travel to Lourdes to lead a pilgrimage organized by the Lourdes Voluntary Association. Attending this pilgrimage are 350 people, which include 120 patients, 6 doctors, 12 nurses, a therapist and a pharmacist. Besides this, each patient will be accompanied by a helper.
This year, the Lourdes Voluntary Association is celebrating their 10th anniversary… Read more »
Wara t-talb tal-istazzjonijiet tas-Salib fil-Jum Dinji taż-Żgħażagħ nhar il-Ġimgħa 19 ta’ Awwissu filgħaxija, il-Papa Benedittu XVI saħaq mal-parteċipanti biex “ma jmorrux jinjoraw it-tbatija umana. . . għax huwa hawnhekk li Alla jistenna li inti tagħti l-aħjar tiegħek, il-kapaċità tiegħek għall-imħabba u l-kompassjoni”.
“Il-Passjoni ta’ Kristu tħeġġeġ biex nieħdu fuq spallejna t-tbatija tad-dinja,” il-Papa qal, “fiċ-ċertezza li Alla mhux ’l bogħod mill-bniedem u l-problemi tiegħu.”
Agħfas hawn biex tkompli taqra dan l-artiklu mis-sit www.il-gensillum.com Read more »
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Benin took a step toward becoming the 17th African state to abolish the death penalty, as Benedict XVI prepares to visit the nation in November.
On Aug. 19, Benin’s national assembly voted to join an international protocol that calls for the death penalty to be abolished. With the president’s ratification, it will be the 74th nation to join the agreement.
Benedict XVI will make a three-day visit to Benin in mid-November to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the country’s evangelization and to deliver the apostolic exhortation from the 2009 synod on Africa… Read more »
Bishop Stephen Blaire
The stark reality of unemployment and poverty is not only an economic problem, but also a moral challenge and a test of faith, according to the U.S. bishops.
Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, California, affirmed this in “Human Costs and Moral Challenges of a Broken Economy,” the annual Labor Day statement of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)… Read more »
We may not realise it, but everyone around us, each person we meet can lead us to better seek the face of God! Can this also be said when we meet the poor and needy? How can such suffering help us seek God more? To help answer this question and many others, Dr. John Bonnici Mallia will be on today’s program of 4given to give us his weekly teaching… Read more »
Monday
9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting.
Tuesday
10.00 a.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass for the Little Sisters of the Poor in Hamrun, on the occasion of the feast of their foundress St. Jean Jurgen.
6.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass dedicated to members of religious and social associations, in preparation for the Feast of Our Lady of Victories, at Naxxar… Read more »
“Il-proġett tal-Mulej” – hekk qed jirreferu għaliha s-sorijiet Klarissi ‘Dar Nazareth’, id-dar ġdida tagħhom li għadhom kemm fetħu fi Triq Santa Duminka, f’taċ-Ċawla, limiti tar-Rabat, Għawdex.
Dar Nazareth infetħet ilbieraħ, wara konċelebrazzjoni solenni ta’ radd il-ħajr li tmexxiet mill-Isqof t’Għawdex, Mons Mario Grech. Kien l-Isqof innifsu li ġimgħatejn ilu, fl-Ittra Pastorali li wassal lill-komunità fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ Santa Marija, ħabbar il-ftuħ ta’ din id-Dar ġdida tas-sorijiet tal-klawsura fid-Djoċesi tiegħu… Read more »
L-Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali flimkien mas-Segretrajat għall-Katekeżi u l-KDŻ, għall-ewwel darba fil-qasam tal-pastorali mal-Adolexxenti u Żgħażagħ qed jorganizza ġurnata rtir għall-Operaturi Pastorali kollha bil-għan li huma, qabel ma jerġgħu jibdew is-Sena Pastorali jkollhom opportunita’ ta’ tiġdid spiritwali personali liema tiġdid ikun ukoll ta’ benefiċċju għall-ħidma pastorali tagħhom.
Dan l-irtir ser isir nhar is-Sibt, 3 ta’ Settembru 2011, il-Lunzjata Rabat, mid-9.15a.m. – 6.00p.m. Il-prezz huwa ta €20.00… Read more »
UCUH on NET TV on Friday 26th August 2011 at 9.32pm
This week, Marthese Brincat will interview two guests who did something great in life, not just for themselves but with a filantropic aim. This took courage and determination and was truly a sign of solidarity.
What leads a person to do something so great, having to prepare oneself for months? … Read more »
On Sunday 21st August 2011, the 26th edition of the World Youth Day was marked in Cuatro Vientos Airfied, Madrid. Two million young people from all over the world participated in the event, including over 600 from Malta and Gozo.
As they were gathering in the area the day before, the young people endured exraordinarily high temperatures in the afternoon and heavy rain in the evening to welcome Pope Benedict and spend the night in prayer with him… Read more »
