News from the Church in Malta
‘You have heard how it was said, You will love your neighbour and hate your enemy. But I say this to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you; so that you may be children of your Father in heaven, for he causes his sun to rise on the bad as well as the good, and sends down rain to fall on the upright and the wicked alike… Read more »
Wednesday June 27 – young volunteers will give a start to their summer experiences with a celebration at St Gregory’s Medieval Chapel in Żejtun. Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will symbolically give his mandate to the young people, on behalf of the Church in Malta.
Around 300 volunteers will spend between two weeks and two months of their summer holidays at the service of people in need… Read more »
The Gozo Diocese presented a cheque of €20,000 to Fr Martin Micallef, Director of Id-Dar tal-Providenza. The sum was collected during the RTK4Charity Open Day that is organized annually at the Home in Siggiewi on New Year’s Day by RTK radio. Gozo Bishop, Mgr Mario Grech visited the Home on Saturday and took time to meet up with the residents and care workers… Read more »
‘You have heard how it was said: Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. But I say this to you: offer no resistance to the wicked. On the contrary, if anyone hits you on the right cheek, offer him the other as well; if someone wishes to go to law with you to get your tunic, let him have your cloak as well… Read more »
8.30am The Archbishop attends a conference organized by APS Bank on Ethical Banking.
5.30pm The Archbishop vistis the Boys’ MUSEUM at the parish of Maria Regina, Marsa as part of his pastoral visit.
7.00pm The Archbishop presides over the Parish Assembly of Maria Regina, Marsa.
9.00am The Archbishop meets the Children’s and Young Adolescent Board at the Curia… Read more »
Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
Mark 4,26-34
He also said, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the land. Night and day, while he sleeps, when he is awake, the seed is sprouting and growing; how, he does not know. Of its own accord the land produces first the shoot, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear… Read more »
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Luke 2, 41-51
Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual. When the days of the feast were over and they set off home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it… Read more »
On Saturday 9th June 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at the parish church of Maria Regina in Marsa, on the occasion of the official opening to his pastoral visit in the parish.
CLICK HERE for more information on the Archbishop’s Pastoral Visit in your parish.
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Vatican media
On Tuesday the Vatican announced that as of this July 31, the Vatican Information Service (VIS) will cease to exist as a separate office providing information distinct from the Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office.
There will, however, be a Press Office Bulletin. Some of the VIS staff will be transferred to work on the multilingual news.va portal, which was established a year ago… Read more »
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
It was the Day of Preparation, and to avoid the bodies’ remaining on the cross during the Sabbath — since that Sabbath was a day of special solemnity — the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away… Read more »
