News from the Church in Malta
On Tuesday 5th April, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. presided over the Parish Assembly of Birkirkara.
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Fr Cyril Axelrod, a world renowned deaf-blind priest will be visiting Malta between the 7th and 16th April, 2011, as the guest of the Deaf Ministry Team within the Diocesan Commission for Disabled Persons. Father Cyril was the first Catholic priest to be born deaf and later became blind.
In his book And The Journey Begins, Father Cyril recounts how he was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in South Africa and found it very difficult to communicate with those around him, including his parents. … Read more »
Cardinal Wuerl
Because materialism, secularism and individualism are “rapidly enveloping our society and culture,” Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl urged Catholics to actively participate in the church’s new evangelization efforts “to proclaim the Gospel anew.”
Cardinal Wuerl said in an address at The Catholic University of America: “This is a time when voices need to be heard that says there is an anchor, there is a basis, a moral foundation to the choices we make.” The “subtle influences” of materialism, secularism and individualism, he added, “need to be cleared away before we can plant the seeds” of faith… Read more »
A new edition of the Ecclesiastical Directory for 2011 with over 550 pages of updated information in Maltese and English about the organization, including structures and entities of the Archdiocese of Malta, has just been published.
The Directory includes detailed information about the number of parishioners and families; Masses on Sundays and Feast Days, as well as during the week; processions; the names of the religious associations and movements represented in the various parishes; the number of Baptisms, First Holy Communions, Confirmations, Marriages and Funerals held in the previous year in every parish; and small churches or chapels where marriages can be celebrated… Read more »
On Monday 4th April, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited the Catechism Centre of Birkirkara (St. Mary) as part of his pastoral visit in the parish. Later on he then met with the Catechetical Commission of the same parish. The Archbishop then presided over a meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council, the Commission for the Implementation of the Synod and the Parish Economical Council… Read more »
Dan kien il-messaġġ tal-Papa lill-isqfijiet tal-Amerika ta’ Isfel, waqt konferenza tal-Ministeru tal-Ħajja Tal-Familja. Il-Papa, kompla jsostni li l-attenzjoni pastorali lejn il-familja hija element importanti ferm għax-xogħol ta’ evanġelizzazzjoni tal-Knisja.
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On the occasion of the first anniversary of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI’s Pastoral Visit to Malta, a Eucharistic Celebration will be organized at St John’s Co Cathedral on Sunday 10th April, 2011, at 6pm. This Mass of thanksgiving will be celebrated by Archbishop Paul Cremona OP, the bishops of Malta and the Apostolic Nuncio Tommaso Caputo.
Pope Benedict XVI visited Malta between the 17th and 18th April 2010, on the occasion of the 1950th anniversary of St Paul’s Shipwreck… Read more »
Benedict XVI is encouraging Catholic laity to intensify their formative efforts so as to more successfully bring the leaven of the Gospel to society.
The Pope made this appeal in a message sent through his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Catholic Action Argentina.
The message, which was delivered to the institution’s assistant general, Bishop Luis Collazuol, and published on the organization’s Web site, expressed “thanksgiving to the Lord for these years of intense and fecund evangelizing and sanctifying work.”
It affirmed that “the laity, who through baptism and confirmation participate in the priestly, prophetic and royal function of Christ, are called to contribute in their own original way to the growth and sanctification of the Church and the world, through the transformation of temporal realities according to the values of the Kingdom of God.”
The Pontiff noted that “to carry out their mission in a responsible and faithful way the laity need a solid doctrinal, pastoral and spiritual foundation and appropriate support.”
In this regard, the Holy Father encouraged the laypeople to “intensify their formative commitment so that, following Christ on the path of sanctity and in close union with their pastors, they might take the leaven of the Gospel to all hearts and realms of society, of the world of work, of politics, of culture and to families.”
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, APRIL 4, 2011 (Zenit.org) Read more »
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The Missions and Vocations Group of the Seminary is organizing a Live-In for all young men over the age of 16. This will be held on Friday 8th April to Saturday 9th April, 2011, at the Archbishop’s Seminary . The live-in starts at 5.30 p.m. on Friday and ends at 9.30 p.m. on Saturday.
The theme of this live-in will be ‘The Teacher is here and He is calling you’… Read more »
On Sunday 3rd April, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Liturgical Commission and the Family Commission of St. Mary’s Parish, B’Kara, as part of his pastoral visit to this parish.
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