News from the Church in Malta
John 6, 41-51
Meanwhile the Jews were complaining to each other about him, because he had said, ‘I am the bread that has come down from heaven.’ They were saying, ‘Surely this is Jesus son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know. How can he now say, “I have come down from heaven?” ‘ Jesus said in reply to them, ‘Stop complaining to each other… Read more »
As they were rejoining the crowd a man came up to him and went down on his knees before him. ‘Lord,’ he said, ‘take pity on my son: he is demented and in a wretched state; he is always falling into fire and into water. I took him to your disciples and they were unable to cure him.’ In reply, Jesus said, ‘Faithless and perverse generation! … Read more »
Il-Moviment ta’ Kana jilqa’ l-Ittra Pastorali tal-Isqfijiet taghna, Mons P. Cremona O.P. u Mons. M. Grech, fid-dawl tad-diskussjoni u l-konsultazzjoni li ghaddejja bhalissa f’pajjizna dwar l-Abbozz tal-Att tal-Protezzjoni tal-Embrijuni Umani.
Il-Moviment ta’ Kana:
Nhar il-Ħamis 9 ta’ Awwissu 2012, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħa sehem f’attività għat-tfal u ċċelebra quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ Santa Marija ċċelebrata dan ix-xahar f’Ħad-Dingli. It-tfal inġabru bir-roti tagħhom ħdejn l-entratura tal-ġnien pubbliku fi Triq Maddalena, biex minn hemm telqu bir-roti għal Misrah Ġuże’ Abela. Hemmhekk, il-Kappillan, Dun Ewkarist Zammit, bierek lit-tfal kollha li mxew f’korteo bir-roti tagħhom wara l-istatwa tal-Assunta, bis-sehem tal-membri tal-M.U.S.E.U.M, il-Banda Santa Marija u l-gruppi tal-iScouts u l-Girl Guides, kollha fi ħdan il-parroċċa ta’ Ħad-Dingli… Read more »
On Thursday 9th August 2012, Cardinal Prospero Grech O.S.A. visited the Prime Minister, Dr Lawrence Gonzi, at Auberge de Castille. This meeting formed part of the Cardinal’s visit to Malta to celebrate the feast of St Lawrence in Vittoriosa, where he was born and brought up.
Photos by: DOI (Reuben Piscopo) Read more »
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In all truth I tell you, unless a wheat grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains only a single grain; but if it dies it yields a rich harvest. Anyone who loves his life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me, must follow me, and my servant will be with me wherever I am… Read more »
Applications are now open for Leaders’ sessions starting in October. The Pastoral Formation Institute, Secretariat for Catecheses, Commission for Young People and the Faculty of Theology have jointly designed two formation courses for youth ministers. The two separate programmes are recognised and accredited by the Malta Qualifications Framework.
The Higher Education Award in Adolescent and Youth Ministry includes 112 hours of taught sessions covering areas from Spirituality to Ethics to Psychology… Read more »
Sirjani Kristjani li jinsabu fil-belt ta’ Aleppo, fejn il-glied bejn ir-ribelli u l-forzi tal gvern qed jiħrax, qalu li mhumiex se jużaw armi.
L-aġenzija tal-aħbarijiet tal-Vatikan, Fides, ikkwotat persuni minn Knejjes fil-Belt Sirjana ta’ Aleppo jgħidu li qed jibżgħu li se jsir massakru ferm agħar jekk l-armata Sirjana tkompli tattakka ammonti kbar ta’ nies.
Minkejja li qalu li ma sar ebda theddid kontra persuni Kristjani, jeżisti biża’ kbir fost il-komunità Kristjana, l-iktar minħabba ġellieda barranin li wħud minnhom ġejjin mill-Al Qaeda… Read more »
Grief at the attack on the Sikh community
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs expressed the bishops’ prayerful solidarity with the Sikh community in the United States following Sunday’s shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
“In this time of grief, we Catholics mourn with our Sikh brothers and sisters,” said Bishop Denis Madden, auxiliary bishop of Baltimore… Read more »
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said, ‘who do you say I am?’ Then Simon Peter spoke up and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a blessed man! … Read more »
