January 2015 Archives

The Gospel of the day – 20th January

20/01/2015

Saint Mark 2:23-28

As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. At this the Pharisees said to him, At this the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?” He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry? How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with his companions?” Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”

Saint of the Day: Saint Sebastian, martyr

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19/01/2015

Pope Francis left Manila on Monday morning, after a weeklong trip to Asia which took him to Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos lined the streets of Manila to catch a final glimpse of the Holy Father as he went to the airport.

Pope Francis drew over 6 million to his final Mass in Manila’s Luneta Park on Sunday, the largest crowd for a Papal event in history…

18/01/2015

- The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being held between today, Sunday 18th, and Sunday 25th January. The aim of this week of prayer is to overcome the differences which separate the members of different Christian Churches. This years’ theme will be “Jesus said to her: ‘Give me to drink’” (Jn 4, 7).
  
  An Ecumenical Service will be held on Thursday 22nd January, at 6.30 p.m., at the Capuchins’ Church, Floriana…

18/01/2015

Church without frontiers, Mother to all

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Jesus is “the evangelizer par excellence and the Gospel in person” (Evangelii Gaudium, 209). His solicitude, particularly for the most vulnerable and marginalized, invites all of us to care for the frailest and to recognize his suffering countenance, especially in the victims of new forms of poverty and slavery…

17/01/2015

On Saturday 17th January 2015, Bishop Charles J. Scicluna, Apostolic Administrator, celebrated Mass at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, for couples who got married in 2014. Mass was organised by the Cana Movement.
On Sunday 8th February, at 6.30 pm, at St. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Bishop Scicluna will celebrate Mass for couples who will get married this year.
Bishop’s Homily during Mass celebrated for couples who got married in 2014
Għeżież koppji li żżewwiġtu fil-Mulej fis-sena 2014, huwa ta’ ferħ kbir għalija li ngħaddilkom messaġġ qasir f’din l-okkażjoni…

17/01/2015

In-numru ta’ żwiġijiet fil-Knisja li ġew irreġistrati fl-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta fis-sena 2014 kien ta’ 1,387, żieda marġinali fuq iż-żwiġijiet irreġistrati fl-2013.

Mit-total ta’ żwiġijiet rreġistrati fl-2014, 1,183 żwieġ kienu bejn Maltin. Kien hemm ukoll 53 żwieġ bejn Maltin u barranin. Dawn kienu mqassmin hekk: 29 żwieġ bejn Kattoliċi Maltin u Kattoliċi barrani; 20 żwieġ bejn Kattoliċi Maltin u Insara mhux Kattoliċi barranin; 4 żwiġijiet ta’ Maltin ma’ barranin li mhumiex Insara…

16/01/2015

Il-Ġimgħa 16 ta’ Jannar 2015, is-Segretarjat għall-Komunikazzjoni Soċjali u s-Segretarjat għall-Edukazzjoni Nisranija organizzaw seminar dwar ‘Media Literacy Education’. Għal dan is-seminar, li sar ġewwa l-Orataorju San Domenico Savio MSSP f’Birkirkara, kienu mistiedna numru ta’ għalliema li jgħallmu s-suġġetti tal-Media Literacy Education (MLE) u l-PSCD (Personal, Social and Career Development). Flimkien magħhom attendew ukoll Kap tad-Dipartimenti Edukattivi, Uffiċċjali fl-Edukazzjoni, Kapijiet tal-Iskejjel u persuni oħra kemm mill-iskejjel tal-Knisja kif ukoll minn dawk tal-Istat…

16/01/2015

Il-Ġimgħa 16 ta’ Jannar 2015, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku, iċċelebra Quddiesa Solenni fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Gwann, il-Belt Valletta, fl-okkażjoni taċ-Ċerimonja tad-depozizzjoni tal-kuluri tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta.

L-Omelija fl-okkażjoni taċ-Ċerimonja tad-Depożizzjoni tal-Kuluri tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta
Eċċellenza Għażiż President tar-Repubblika,
Kap Kmandant tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta,
Personalitajiet Distinti,
Uffiċjali u membri tal-Forzi Armati,

Inġbarna hawn illum għal okkażjoni importanti u memorabbli – id-depożizzjoni tal-kuluri antiki, issa li l-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta għandhom kuluri ġodda li ġew ikkonsagrati lejn tmiem is-sena li għaddiet…

16/01/2015

Pope Francis told families in the Philippines Friday that they should take time to rest and to pray together and to be examples of holiness. On the second day of his five day trip to the Asian archipelago, Pope Francis told tens of thousands of people gathered for a meeting with families that the world “needs good and strong families” to overcome threats of poverty, materialism, destructive lifestyles, and those caused by separation due to migration…

15/01/2015

Early this morning the Holy Father travelled by car from the apostolic nunciature of Colombo to the airport, where he departed for Manila, capital of the Philippines. During the journey he stopped to visit the Benedict XVI Cultural Institute where he was received by Fr. Mahamale Quintus Fernando, rector of the Institute, and two hundred workers who had collaborated in building the centre in 2011…