Monthly Archives: September 2012

From the archives: new film marks anniversary of Vatican II

Vatican Council II

The Second Vatican Council as you’ve never seen it before: that’s what the Pontifical Council for Social Communications is offering through a new documentary film being released to mark the 50th anniversary of the Council on October 11th this year.
Put together by the Micromegas Communication company from over 200 hours of material from the Vatican film archive, the production includes plenty of unpublished footage and pictures, plus interviews with church leaders from around the world sharing personal memories and historical perspectives on the significance of the Council in different countries and cultural contexts… Read more »

Ecumenical Dialogue Meeting

“I am Jesus whom you are persecuting” (Acts, 9,5) is the title of the next public ecumenical dialogue meeting to be held on Thursday, 27th September, 2012. The meeting is organised by Christians together in Malta (Malta Ecumenical Council). It will be held from 6.30 to7.30pm at Marsa Open Centre, Xatt il-Mollijiet, Albertown, Marsa. Everybody is welcome to attend and share their views on this topic, which may be viewed in a similar or different  mannner by the various Christian denominations in Malta… Read more »

Italian Publisher to Have “Jesus of Nazareth Vol. III” Out by Christmas

One of the volumes of Jesu of Nazaret by Pope Benedict XVI

The Vatican Publishing House announced that it has made an agreement with the Italian publisher Rizzoli for the third and final volume of Benedict XVI’s book on Jesus. This last portion of the work is expected in Italy by Christmas.

It was announced last month that the Pope had completed Volume 3, on the infancy of Jesus… Read more »

Archbishop’s message during a seminar for new teachers of Church Schools

Il-Kurja, Floriana

20 ta’ Setttembru 2012

l-Lezzjonijiet tal-lum m’għażilnihomx aħna, mela jiena nħoss li kien hemm il-messaġġ li Alla l-Imbierek irid jibagħtilna llum.

Fil-fatt fl-ewwel lezzjoni ta’ S. Pawl lil-Korintin,  S. Pawl qisu għaddej mill-istess esperjenza; qiegħed jibni komunita’ f’Korintu u qiegħed jgħidilhom dak li jgħin lil-komunita tikber, x’inhu dak li jgħin lil komunita. Xtaqt infakkarkom daqsxejn f’dak li jgħid S… Read more »

‘The Logic of God is different from the Logic of Man’

Pope Benedict XVI

The Pope commented on Sunday’s Gospel reading from St. Mark in which “Jesus began to speak openly about what would happen to Him at the end. … It is clear that a great interior distance separates Jesus and His disciples. This, the Holy Father explained, “reminds us that God’s logic is always “other” with respect to our own. … For this reason, following the Lord always requires a profound conversion on the part of man, a change in his or her way of thinking and living… Read more »

The ‘Final Declaration’ of the International Workshop

On Saturday 22nd September 2012, a final declaration was issued by the International Conference “The Arab Spring…One Year Later”,  organised by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Church in Malta. The Conference was held at the Archbishop’s Seminary at Tal-Virtú, Rabat, with more than 40 participants getting from 30 different countries.

Click Here to download the Final Decleration… Read more »

September 24-30

Monday

9.15 a.m.        The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting, at his residence in Attard.

Tuesday

9.30 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a meeting of the Episcopal Conference, at the Curia.

7.00 p.m.         The Archbishop meets young people who participated in voluntary work during summer. The meeting is organised by the Diocesan Youth Commission (KDZ) and will be held at St Vincent de Paule residence… Read more »

The Opening of the Pastoral Year of Cana Movement

Nhar il-Ħamis 20 ta’ Settembru 2012, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. inawgura s-Sena Pastorali 2012-2013 tal-Moviment ta’ Kana, fiċ-Ċentru ĊAK, B’Kara. Il-programm tal-ftuħ kien jinkludi introduzzjoni mid-Direttur tal-Moviment ta’ Kana, Fr Joe Mizzi; id-diskors ta’ Fr Joe Galea Curmi, u wara xi interventi min-nies preżenti fuq is-suġġett; u għeluq mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P.

Hawn taħt qiegħdin ninkludu d-diskors sħiħ li għamel Fr Joe Galea Curmi fil-ftuħ tas-Sena Pastorali tal-Moviment ta’ Kana… Read more »

September 24-30

Monday

9.15 a.m.        The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting, at his residence in Attard.

Tuesday

9.30 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a meeting of the Episcopal Conference, at the Curia.

7.00 p.m.         The Archbishop meets young people who participated in voluntary work during summer. The meeting is organised by the Diocesan Youth Commission (KDZ) and will be held at St Vincent de Paule residence… Read more »

The Pastoral Commission at the Place of Work in an international meeting

Bejn il-Ħamis u l-Ħadd, 13 u 16 ta’ Settembru 2012, il-Kummissjoni Pastorali fid-Dinja tax-Xogħol attendiet għal laqgħa tal-GEPO (Grupp Ewropew tal-Pastorali tal-Ħaddiema) li saret f’Remich, il-Lussemburgu. P. William Bartolo ofm conv. u s-Sur Saviour Spiteri attendew f’isem il-KPDX Malta. Għal din il-laqgħa attendew rappreżentanti mill-Polonja, ir-Rumanija, il-Belġju, il-Ġermanja, l-Ingilterra, il-Portugall, l-Iżvizzera u miż-Żgħażagħ Ħaddiema Nsara Internazzjonali. Kien hemm preżenti wkoll il-President tal-EZA (Ċentru Ewropew tal-Ħaddiema)… Read more »