Yearly Archives: 2013

Help is needed for a fund-raising activity

A fundraising committee was set up in order to raise money in aid of Dar Qalb ta Ġesu, which helps survivors of domestic violence.

The first event will be a Family Fest Weekend that will be organised on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th June 2013. This event will entail the selling of different stuff and products, food and entertainment from 9am till 10pm, on both days… Read more »

The saving mission of the Church

A hundred years ago, a Eucharistic Congress – an annual event in the Universal Church – was held in Malta. In these days we have been regaled with some photos and write-ups on the event on newspapers and other means of social communication.

"We can explain the Eucharist by considering it as a prolongation of the graces which our Lord bestowed upon us."

Non-believers may question why Catholics make so much fuss about the Eucharist! … Read more »

What is most important is invisible

I have always been struck by an expression of Saint-Exupéry in his wonderful little book The Little Prince: “what is most important is invisible”. When I think about the Eucharist, this phrase often comes to mind. At Mass, as a priest, I hold a small white host and my faith tells me that it is the Body of the Lord, the Body of Jesus Christ… Read more »

10-16 June

Monday

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

4.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Diakonia Commission at the Parish Office, as part of his Pastoral Visit in Sacro Cuor parish, Sliema.

5.30 p.m. The Archbishop visits the Catechism Centre (MUSEUM) for boys, of the same parish.

7.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Parish Pastoral Council, the Synod Implementation Commission, and the Economic Council, at St… Read more »

Celebration of Mass on the centenary of the International Eucharistic Congress

Nhar il-Ġimgħa 7 ta’ Ġunju 2013, fit-8.00 p.m. f’għeluq il-Ġimgħa Ewkaristika, fl-okkażjoni tal-mitt sena mill-Kungress Ewkaristiku Internazzjonali li sar f’Malta fl-1913, saret ċelebrazzjoni Djoċesana fi Pjazza San Ġorġ, il-Belt Valletta. Din tmexxiet mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. bis-sehem tan-Nunzju Appostoliku, Mons. Aldo Cavalli, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Mons. Charles J. Scicluna, l-Arċisqof Emeritus Mons. Ġużeppi Mercieca u l-Isqof ta’ Malindi l-Kenya Mons. Emmanuel Barbara… Read more »

St Paul’s Bay Feast cancelled

Wara li tħabbret il-mewt ta’ Patri Joseph Cilia OFM Conv, Kappillan ta’ San Pawl il-Baħar, Patri Arthur Cutajar OFM Conv, bħala Amministratur Parrokkjali u President tal-Kumitat Festa Marija Addolorata, ikkonsulta mal-Komunità tal-Patrijiet, mal-Kumitat tal-Festa Marija Addolorata, Sultana tal-Martri u mas-Soċjetà Mużikali San Pawl, dwar iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Festa Titulari ta’ Marija Addolorata f’ San Pawl il-Baħar.

Patri Arthur Cutajar u l-entitajiet kollha hawn fuq msemmija waslu għal qbil unanimu li titħassar l-Festa għal din is-sena… Read more »

El Salvador’s leader gives pope bloodstained relic of Archbishop Romero

Pope recieving Romero's relic

Pope Francis received a bloodstained relic of slain Archbishop Oscar Romero as a gift from El Salvador’s President Mauricio Funes Cartagena.

Funes had told the media before his end of May trip that the primary aim of his visit with the pope would be to express his gratitude that the archbishop’s canonization process had been “unblocked” and to encourage the sainthood process move forward… Read more »

Diocesan Celebration on the occasion of the International Eucharistic Congress of 1913

Il-Ġimgħa 7 ta’ Ġunju 2013, fit-8.00 p.m. f’għeluq il-Ġimgħa Ewkaristika, fl-okkażjoni tal-mitt sena mill-Kungress Ewkaristiku Internazzjonali li sar f’Malta fl-1913, ser issir ċelebrazzjoni Djoċesana fi Pjazza San Ġorġ, il-Belt Valletta. Din ser titmexxa mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. bis-sehem tan-Nunzju Appostoliku, Mons. Aldo Cavalli, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Mons. Charles J. Scicluna, l-Arċisqof Emeritus Mons. Ġużeppi Mercieca u l-Isqof ta’ Malindi l-Kenya Mons. Emmanuel Barbara… Read more »

Vatican’s U.N. observer stresses need to eradicate world hunger

Starving child

Finding a solution to the “ongoing scandal” of worldwide hunger should be a top priority, said the Vatican’s representative to the United Nations. Addressing a U.N. General Assembly meeting on sustainable development goals May 23, Archbishop Francis A. Chullikatt, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, called it “a shame that so many of the poor people in the world continue to find themselves helpless victims of chronic hunger.”

He urged the U.N… Read more »

Sacro Cuor (Sliema) Parish Pastoral Visit Programme

Tuesday 4th June

11.00 a.m. The Archbishop meets the parish priest, at the Curia.

Thursday 6th June

6.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Ministers of Evangelisation at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall.

7.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets youth leaders at St. Anthony’s Parish Centre.

7.30 p.m. The Archbishop meets adolescents and later with youths, at St… Read more »