Monthly Archives: January 2013

1,562 marriages in the Church in Malta in 2012

The number of Church marriages registered in the Archdiocese of Malta during the year 2012 was 1,562. This marks a marginal increase over the previous year (2011) which registered 1,520 marriages.

1,351 of the total number of marriages registered in 2012, were marriages between Maltese citizens. There were 74 marriages between Maltese and foreigners, as follows: 40 between Maltese Catholics and foreign Catholics; 21 between Maltese Catholics and foreign Christians; 13 between Maltese Catholics to non-Christians.  … Read more »

Vacant posts for Form 1 Secondary School and 4th year Primary in Church Schools

F’Novembru 2012 saru l-applikazzjonijiet skont l-ewwel kriterju għad-dħul fl-iskejjel tal-Knisja fis-sena skolastika li tibda f’Settembru 2013. Hawn taħt se nagħtu rendikont ta’ kemm applikaw u kemm baqa’ postijiet vakanti għall-ewwel sena sekondarja u r-raba’ sena primarja.

L-Ewwel Sena Sekondarja Subien

Għall-ewwel sena sekondarja subien kellna dan it-total ta’ applikanti:

1b Aħwa 86 1ċ Tfal ta’ Impjegati fi skejjel tal-Knisja 4 1e Tfal minn skola bla kontinwità 107 12 Tfal tal-ewwel kriterju li applikaw bħala Każijiet Umanitarji Gravi (It-Tieni Kriterju) 30 Total 227

It-total ta’ applikanti huwa ta’ 227 imma 10 minnhom applikaw bil-kriterju tal-aħwa u bil-kriterju ta’ skola bla kontinwità… Read more »

Everyone, even atheists, has human desire to know who God is, Pope says

Pope meeting US Defence Secretary

The desire to see and know God is innate in everyone, even nonbelievers, Pope Benedict XVI said. But it’s especially important people don’t just seek God when they need him, but make room for him throughout their busy lives, he said during his weekly general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall Jan. 16.

At the end of the audience, the pope also greeted U.S… Read more »

Archbishop meets members of Councils and Commissions in Marsa

On Wednesday 16th of November 2013, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met members of the Diakonia Commission, the Parish Pastoral Council and the Synod Implementation Commission, at the Parish Centre in Marsa as part of his Pastoral Visit in the Holy Trinity Parish, in Marsa.

Click on the photos to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »

Anniversary of The Episcopal Ordination of Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P.

On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of his Episcopal Ordination, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will be celebrating a Thanksgiving Mass at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, on Sunday 20th January 2013, at 5:30 p.m. Priests are invited to concelebrate and everyone is invited to attend.

On Friday 25th January, the Archbishop will be celebrating his 67th birthday. Mgr Cremona was born in 1946… Read more »

Cardinal Bertone about the delicate and serious task of administration of justice

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., recently celebrated Mass in the Chapel of Mary Mother of the Family in the Governorate Palace of the Vatican to inaugurate the 84th judicial year of the Tribunal of the Vatican City State.

“We would like to invoke Divine Wisdom,” the cardinal said, “for the delicate and serious task of administrating justice.” He then greeted, among others, the President of the Tribunal, Giuseppe Dalla Torre, the judges, the promoter of justice, and the various workers in the administrative office, relaying to them “blessed greetings from the Holy Father who follows your appreciated labour with attentive interest.”

Commenting on the Gospel reading that focused on St… Read more »

Pope receives Prince and Princess of Monaco

In the last days, in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, the Holy Father received in audience His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco along with his wife, Princess Charlene, and entourage. Following the audience with the Pope, the prince met with Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., and Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.

During the course of cordial discussions several topics were covered including the meaningful contribution of the Catholic Church to the principality’s social life and international interests such as the integral development of peoples and the protection of natural resources and the environment… Read more »

A Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being celebrated from 18th to 25th January. The theme for this years’ service is: “What does the Lord require of you?” (Mic 6, 6-8)

A National Ecumenical Service is being held on Thursday 17th January, at 6.30 p.m., at St Patrick’s Church, Sliema (this church is reached from the main door to the Salesians College)… Read more »