Monthly Archives: September 2013

Canonization date announced for Blessed Popes John Paul II and John XXIII

  • Canonization date announced for Blessed Popes John Paul II and John XXIII
  • 30th September 2013 – Vatican Radio

    Pope Francis on Monday morning held the Public Ordinary Consistory for the forthcoming Canonization of Blessed Pope John XXIII and Blessed Pope John Paul II. During the course of the Consistory in the Vatican’s Consistory Hall, the Pope decreed that his two predecessors will be raised to Sainthood on April 27, 2014, the day on which the Church celebrates the Second Sunday of Easter and Divine Mercy…

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Id-Dar tal-Providenza Diaries for 2014 on the way to all households

  • Id-Dar tal-Providenza Diaries for 2014 on the way to all households
  • 26th September 2013

    The pocket diary of Id-Dar tal-Providenza for 2014 is currently being distributed in every household in Malta and Gozo. Maltapost plc has kindly offered to do the distribution of these diaries for free. Over the past few weeks many volunteers from all walks of life gave a helping hand to pack these diaries in special envelopes…

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The Archbishop inaugurates the Pastoral Year of the Cana Movement

  • The Archbishop inaugurates the Pastoral Year of the Cana Movement
  • Fil-messaġġ tiegħu lil dawk kollha li jagħtu sehem fil-Moviment ta’ Kana, l-Arċisqof tkellem dwar l-importanza li ż-żwieġ Nisrani jkun fiċ-ċentru tal-ħidma tal-Knisja partikolarment għaliex hija waħedha fis-soċjetà Maltija li tħejji lill-koppji għaż-żwieġ.

    L-Arċisqof qal li fil-laqgħat tagħhom mal-koppji għarajjes, l-operaturi pastorali għandhom jiffukkaw fuq is-sbuħija taż-żwieġ ibbażat fuq l-imħabba nkundizzjonata ta’ bejniethom…

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The Gospel of the day – 30th September

  • The Gospel of the day – 30th September
  • Luke 9, 46-50

    An argument started between them about which of them was the greatest. Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child whom he set by his side and then he said to them, ‘Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me…

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The Gospel of the day – 29th September

  • The Gospel of the day – 29th September
  • 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Luke 16,19-31

    ‘There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day. And at his gate there used to lie a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself with what fell from the rich man’s table…

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The Gospel of the day – 28th September

  • The Gospel of the day – 28th September
  • Luke 9, 43-45

    While everyone was full of admiration for all he did, he said to his disciples, ‘For your part, you must have these words constantly in mind: The Son of man is going to be delivered into the power of men.’ But they did not understand what he said; it was hidden from them so that they should not see the meaning of it, and they were afraid to ask him about it…

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30 September – 6 October

  • 30 September – 6 October
  • Monday         

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

    Tuesday         

    4.00 p.m.         The Archbishop participates in a ‘live’ programme on Radju Marija.

    Wednesday

    9.30 a.m.         The Archbishop recives a courtesy visit from H.E. Justin Welby, Bishop of Canterbury, at his residence in Attard…

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23 – 29 September

  • 23 – 29 September

  • Monday         

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

    Tuesday         

    8.45 a.m.         The Archbishop participates in a meeting of the Episcopal Conference, at his residence, in Attard…

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Archbishop welcomes back Summer Volunteers

  • Archbishop welcomes back Summer Volunteers
  • September 26, 2013

    Archbishop Cremona greeted volunteers on their return from the summer projects, at this year’s edition of the Volunteer’s Homecoming in Our Lady of the Sorrows Chapel, Pietà. With the assistance of nine sending-organizations, this summer, over 500 young people took part in missionary and voluntary work in 13 countries around the world…

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The Gospel of the day – 27th September

  • The Gospel of the day – 27th September
  • Luke 9, 18-22

    Now it happened that he was praying alone, and his disciples came to him and he put this question to them, ‘Who do the crowds say I am?’ And they answered, ‘Some say John the Baptist; others Elijah; others again one of the ancient prophets come back to life.’ ‘But you,’ he said to them, ‘who do you say I am?’ It was Peter who spoke up…

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