October 2014 Archives

World Mission Sunday

17/10/2014

17/10/2014

- Pope Francis will officially declare Pope Paul VI Blessed on Sunday, Oct. 19, during the closing ‎Mass of the 3rd Extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family. Pope Paul VI was cleared for ‎beatification when Pope Francis on May 9 recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of his ‎predecessor, who headed the worldwide Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978…

17/10/2014

- Għada kif bdiet is-sena Pastorali ġdida fiċ-Ċentru Kateketiku ta’ l-Oratorju MSSP f’Birkirkara. F’dan il-programm l-MSSP joffru għajnuna għal formazzjoni fil-fidi ta’ l-adulti u ż-żgħażagħ fil-mixja ta’ l-evanġelizazzjoni il-ġdida. Kulħadd huwa mistieden biex jingħaqad magħhom għall-liturġija, formazzjoni u attivitajiet oħra li ser isiru matul din is-sena.
  
  Niżżel il-programm minn hawn.

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17/10/2014

Luke 12, 1-7

Meanwhile the people had gathered in their thousands so that they were treading on one another. And he began to speak, first of all to his disciples. ‘Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees – their hypocrisy. Everything now covered up will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear…

16/10/2014

The CIS (Centre for Ignatian Spirituality of the Jesuit Province of Malta) is organising a set of retreats and activities for the period September 2014 till May 2015. This year some new ideas are included which will reach a wider and more varied audience.
Download retreat brochure here.

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16/10/2014

Participants at the Synod on the Family continued their work in small language groups on Wednesday, offering amendments or additions to their working document made public earlier this week. At the daily briefing to report on this “work in progress”, the head of the Holy See press office Fr Federico Lombardi was joined by the head of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, by Spanish Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach and by Italian Archbishop Rino Fisichella, head of the Pontifical Council for New Evangelisation…

16/10/2014

L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħatar lil Dun David Gauci bħala Arċipriet tal-parroċċa Marija Bambina, in-Naxxar.

Dun David Gauci twieled fit-2 ta’ Marzu 1965. Huwa rċieva l-edukazzjoni primarja u sekondarja fl-iskola St Monica u fis-Seminarju Minuri, Tal-Virtù, u l-edukazzjoni post-sekondarja fil-Kulleġġ Stella Maris, il-Gżira. Kompla l-istudju terzjarji (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fil-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija fl-Università ta’ Malta.

Dun David ġie ordnat saċerdot fit-8 ta’ Lulju 1994…

16/10/2014

L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħatar lil Dun John Curmi bħala kappillan tal-parroċċa ta’ Santa Marija, l-Imqabba.

Dun John Curmi twieled fl-24 ta’ Settembru 1956. Huwa ġie ordnat saċerdot fis-7 ta’ Lulju 1985. Il-ħidma pastorali tiegħu kienet tinkludi ħidma fil-parroċċa ta’ Ħal Kirkop, u fil-Kulleġġ Malti tal-Arti, ix-Xjenza u t-Teknoloġija (l-MCAST) fejn kien chaplain għal dawn l-aħħar sitt snin…

16/10/2014

- Missio, magħruf aktar bħala l-Uffiċċju Missjunarju, ser jorganizza Forum bl-isem Il-Ferħ tal-Missjoni. F’dan il-Forum ser jiġi diskuss l-aspett missjunarju mil-lenti tas-soċjetà, u fil-kuntest tal-eżortazzjoni “Il-Ferħ tal-Vanġelu”, tal- Papa Franġisku. Din id-diskussjoni, mtellà nhar is-Sibt 18 ta’ Ottubru 2014 fis-Seminarju tal-Arcisqof fir-Rabat, ser tkun immexxija mill-E.T. Mons Charles Scicluna flimkien mal-kelliema Sr. Pauline Farrugia u Prof Oliver Friggieri…

16/10/2014

Luke 11, 47-54
‘Alas for you because you build tombs for the prophets, the people your ancestors killed! In this way you both witness to what your ancestors did and approve it; they did the killing, you do the building. ‘And that is why the Wisdom of God said, “I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will slaughter and persecute, so that this generation will have to answer for every prophet’s blood that has been shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the Temple.” Yes, I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all…