News from the Church in Malta
A new initaitive for young dancers who want to develop both their art and their faith. A team of experts within the Church Youth Commission (KDŻ) is preparing an innovative programme in Dance Ministry. The first phase of the project is a christian Dance Camp in Foggia (Italy) from June 28 to July 5. Dancers, both trained and amateur, between 13 and 31 are welcome…
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna and Fr Joe Galea Curmi, Vicar General, today, Tuesday 14th April 2015, at noon, met with the Provincial of the Maltese Dominican Province, Fr Frans Micallef O.P. and Fr Mark Montebello O.P., at the Archbishop’s Curia, Floriana. During the cordial meeting, the Archbishop encouraged Fr Mark to continue his outreach to gay people, and requested that he continue to follow Church practice and discipline in his ministry, especially in the celebration of sacred rites and Church rituals…
Għandi bżonnok…
Għal snin twal u f’setturi differenti tal-ħajja tagħna, il-Knisja f’Malta kienet pijuniera fl-għajnuna lill-batut, lill-abbandunat, lill-emarġinat, lil dak li waqa’ u biex iqum u jkompli miexi kellu bżonn isib id li tgħinu, twennsu u tagħtih l-għodda biex ikompli l-vjaġġ ta’ ħajtu b’pass aktar sod.
Kienet pijuniera fil-ftuħ ta’ djar għal persuni b’diżabbiltà, għal djar li jilqgħu fihom tfal abbandunati, għal Djar tal-Anzjani, għal organizzazzjonijiet b’diversi servizzi speċjalizzati bħalma hi l-Caritas bid-diversi servizzi li toffri, u s-Segretarjat Assistenza Soċjali, għal Djar li jilqgħu fihom żgħażagħ bi problemi, u għal organizzazzjonijiet oħra li joffri diversi servizzi ta’ counselling u servizzi oħra ta’ appoġġ, fosthom mal-ħabsin u mar-refuġjati…
The Church is a place of “openness” where people should say things with frankness. That’s what Pope Francis said at the morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican on Monday. The Pontiff added that only the Holy Spirit is able to change our attitude, the story of our lives, and to give us courage – just as the Apostles were inspired by Christ’s Resurrection…
Direttur: Stephen Daldry
Atturi: Selton Mello, Wagner Moura, Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen
Ħin: 113 minuti
Klassifika taċ-Ċensura: 15
Klassifika tal-Knisja: 15
Jose Angelo, raġel Brażiljan tal-klassi medja, qabel mal-pulizija jaqbduh, iwaddab kartiera fi trakk taż-żibel li jkun għaddej. Ftit siegħat wara Raphael, tifel ta’ 14 il-sena li jgħix f’waħda mill-favelas ta’ Rio de Janeiro, isib dik il-kartiera waqt li jkun qed ifittex fiż-żibel flimkien ma’ sieħbu Gardo…
Pope Francis on Saturday afternoon proceeded with the presentation of the official Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, set to begin December 8.
The bull is the fundamental document for the Holy Year that outlines the overall spirit and intentions for the Jubilee, as well as the spiritual fruits that are hoped for. It was read by Fr Leonardo Sapienza, Regent of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household, in a ceremony by the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica. Pope Francis then moved into the basilica to preside Vespers for Divine Mercy Sunday. The 28-page bull, titled “Misericordiae Vultus” or “The Face of Mercy” opens with the declaration, “Jesus is the face of the Father’s mercy…
Il-Madre Prijura Sr Celina Sultana OSJ u Sr Christine Borg jakkumpanjaw lil Sr Lilian Borg fl-okkażjoni tal-investitura tagħha fil-15 ta’ Novembru 2009 (Ritratt: www.orderofmalta-malta.org.mt).
Monasteru ta’ Sant’ Ursola, Valletta
12 ta’ April 2015
Sr Lilian, ippermettili nindirizzalek ħsieb qasir mibni fuq frażi ċkjejkna mill-Vanġelu (Ġw 20,19-31) li għadna kemm smajna.
Il-Mulej Ġesù lil Tumas jgħidlu: “Ressaq idejk u poġġiha fuq ġenbi”…
At 5.30 p.m. today, Saturday 11 April, the eve of Divine Mercy Sunday, in St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pope will officially convoke the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy with the publication of the Bull of Indiction, “Misericordiae vultus”. The Jubilee Bull, aside from indicating the duration, opening and closing dates, and the main ways in which the Holy Year will unfold, constitutes the basic document for understanding the spirit in which it was convoked, as well as Pope Francis’ intentions and the fruit he hopes the Year will bear…
10 t’April 2015
Għeżież ħuti fl-episkopat,
L-ewwelnett irrid nirringrazzjakom tal-preżenza tagħkom, tax-xogħol li qegħdin tagħmlu fil-Kenja, u li tagħtu ħajjitkom filwaqt li taqdu l-ħidma tagħkom. L-Episkopat jikkonferma x-xhieda tagħkom, għaliex l-Episkopat huwa forma ulterjuri ta’ xhieda u ta’ servizz. Permezz tal-preżenza tagħkom nixtiequ nwasslu s-solidarjetà tagħna mal-poplu ta’ Garissa, il-Kenja…
Il-Ġimgħa 10 ta’ April 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna laqa’ lill-E.T. Mons. Paul Darmanin, Isqof ta’ Garissa u lill-E.T. Mons. Joseph Alessandro, Isqof Koadjatur ta’ Garissa, il-Kenja. Il-laqgħa ta’ korteżija saret fl-uffiċċju tal-Arċisqof, il-Kurja. Wara l-messaġġi li l-Isqfijiet għaddew lill-media, il-laqgħa kompliet f’forma privata.
Messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna lill-Isqfijiet Maltin tal-Kenja
Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana
10 t’April 2015
Għeżież ħuti fl-episkopat,
L-ewwelnett irrid nirringrazzjakom tal-preżenza tagħkom, tax-xogħol li qegħdin tagħmlu fil-Kenja, u li tagħtu ħajjitkom filwaqt li taqdu l-ħidma tagħkom…
