Yearly Archives: 2011

BISHOPS APPEAL FOR PRAYER FOR VICTIMS IN JAPAN

17/03/2011

Qalbna tingħafas quddiem it-tbatija ta’ ħutna fil-Ġappun minħabba d-diżastru li seħħ hemm f’dawn il-ġranet bit-terremot qawwi, it-tsunami u bil-periklu ta’ radjazzjoni nuklejari.

Waqt li nerfgħu ħsibijietna lejn Alla fit-talb għal dawk li mietu jew li sfaw midrubin f’dan id-diżastru, inħossu li għandna niftakru wkoll fit-talb tagħna fil-qraba tagħhom imnikktin minħabba din it-telfa jew tbatija, biex il-Mulej ifarraġhom.

Nitolbu wkoll għal dawk li tilfu djarhom jew propjetà f’din id-diżgrazzja, u għal dawk li kellhom jitilqu minn djarhom… Read more »

IN ENGLAND : 900 ANGLICANS ASKED TO BECOME CATHOLICS

17/03/2011

Adult Baptism

Over 4,700 people from the most diverse backgrounds met in the cathedrals of England and Wales last Sunday to ask to become Catholics. According to the figures just issued by the Press Office of the Catholic Church of England and Wales, approximately 900 of such people are former Anglicans who are asking to join the personal bishopric of our Lady of Walsingham as provided for by the Apostolic Constitution “Anglicanorum Coetibus”, published by the Pope in response to the requests made by some Anglicans who wanted to fully commune with Rome… Read more »

A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES AND PHOTOS OF BISHOP CAUCHI

16/03/2011

Ktieb kommemorativ li jiġbor fih l-artikli kollha li Mons Isqof Nikol Cauchi kiteb f’The Times u fis-Sunday Times bl-isem ‘Bishop Cauchi – Articles and Pictures’, ġie introdott nhar il-Ħamis, 3 ta’ Marzu, fil-Kurja ta’ Għawdex.

Il-ktieb ġie introdott mill-Vigarju Ġenerali, Mons Giovanni Bosco Gauci, li qal li Mons Isqof Nikol Cauchi kien u għadu ta’ ispirazzjoni għal dawk kollha li kienu jafuh, u li permezz ta’ dan il-kiteib se jibqa’ mfakkar permezz tal-kitba tiegħu… Read more »

WYD ORGANIZERS EXPECT MORE THAN 1 MILLION IN MADRID

16/03/2011

With more than 1 million Catholic youths expected to converge on Madrid for World Youth Day in August, organizers are busy making final preparations, including the choice of new songs for the crowds to sing in addition to the much-criticized official hymn. “The hymn is my nightmare,” Yago de la Cierva, executive director of WYD 2011, told reporters at the Vatican March 15… Read more »

SOCIO-RELIGIOUS PROGRAMMES

15/03/2011

SEJJAĦTLI – fuq Favourite TV nhar il-Ħamis 17 ta’ Marzu 2011 fid-9.00pm b’repetizzjoni l- repetizzjoni l-Ġimgħa fit -3.00pm u l-Ħadd fl-10.30am

Tema: Id-Divorzju

Preżentazzjoni: Joyce Cassar bil-parteċipazzjoni ta’ Fr Rene’ Camilleri, il-mistieden residenti ta’ kull ġimgħa.

Infomazzjoni:  X’jaqbel għall-poplu Malti?  X’inhuma d-diffikultajiet li insibu f’pajjizi oħra fejn hemm id-divorzju.?  … Read more »

Findings from Young People’s Forum

15/03/2011

On Monday 14th March, 2011, the Young People’s Forum was held at St James Cavalier Music Room, discussing the impact of Social Media on contemporary society. The event brought to a close a discussion process that started in November last year when young communities engaged in a debate on the issue.

The collated perspectives voiced by young people were presented and the audience exchanged reactions… Read more »

JAPANESE PRELATE:OUR LIVES ARE IN GOD’S HANDS

15/03/2011

Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani of Saitama is affirming that life is a gift from God, as his country suffers from the effects of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami.

The death count is already at 1,800, with thousands missing after Friday’s quake some 80 miles off the coast of Sendai, north of Tokyo, which sent a 33-foot tsunami inland… Read more »