Monthly Archives: September 2016

“Take your mission as a call for an examplary life” – The Archbishop to teachers

The Archbishop meets with newly emplyed teachers, LSA's and Kindergarten Assistants working with Church Schools

  • Nhar it-Tnejn 19 ta’ Settembru 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ltaqa’ mal-għalliema, LSAs u Kindergarten assistants ġodda li ġew impjegati mal-iskejjel tal-Knisja f’Malta u Għawdex. Il-laqgħa saret f’St Paul’s Missionary College, ir-Rabat.   Message by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna 
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    St Paul’s Missionary College, Rabat

    19 ta’ Settembru 2016

    Jiena nixtieq nagħtikom kelma ta’ merħba, u nsellmilkom individwalment…

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Pope: Don’t be a ‘mafioso’ but live in the light of faith

  • Don’t envy the rich and powerful or conspire against your neighbour, but instead nurture the light of faith in your lives. That was Pope Francis’s message in his homily at the Santa Marta Mass on Monday morning.

    Reflecting on the reading from St Luke’s Gospel the Pope talked about the many ways in which we hide the light of faith, through jealousy and arguments, by plotting evil against our neighbours or simply by putting off until tomorrow the good that we should do today…

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“Take your mission as a call for an examplary life” – The Archbishop to teachers

The Archbishop meets with newly emplyed teachers, LSA's and Kindergarten Assistants working with Church Schools

  • Nhar it-Tnejn 19 ta’ Settembru 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ltaqa’ mal-għalliema, LSAs u Kindergarten assistants ġodda li ġew impjegati mal-iskejjel tal-Knisja f’Malta u Għawdex. Il-laqgħa saret f’St Paul’s Missionary College, ir-Rabat.

     

    Message by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna 

  •  St Paul’s Missionary College, Rabat

    19 ta’ Settembru 2016

     

    Jiena nixtieq nagħtikom kelma ta’ merħba, u nsellmilkom individwalment…

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Pope makes surprise visits to Rome hospital and hospice

  • Pope Francis has made two more of his impromptu visits to hospitals and social service centres as part of his regular Friday initiatives during this Year of Mercy. The Pope began by making a surprise visit to the Accident and Emergency department and to the Neonatal unit of Rome’s San Giovanni hospital. After putting on a mask and completing the other health and safety procedures, the Pope stopped beside the incubators of twelve new born babies, five of whom are suffering from severe complications, including one set of twins…

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New Collective Agreement for Saura Home

  • A new collective agreement has been signed between ‘Dar Saura’, a Church residence for the elderly, and the General Workers’ Union (GWU). The agreement, covering the period 2015-2019, was signed by Mr Michael Pace Ross, Administrative Secretary of the Archdiocese of Malta, and by Ms Rita Dimech, Union Secretary of the Chemicals and Energy section.

    The agreement provides for better work conditions for all grades, especially lower grades, including higher salaries backdated to January, shift allowances and service awards in recognition for long service…

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Bridget Jones’s Baby

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    Direttur: Sharon Maguire

    Atturi: Renèe Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Sally Philips, Julian Rhind-Tutt,  Shirley Handerson, Ben Willbond, Colin Firth u  Paul Bentall

    Ħin tal-Film: 122 min 

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd.

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA: 15

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA: 18

    Bridget Jones, illum il-ġurnata għandha 43 sena. Tinsab tgħix waħedha wara li ħbiebha kollha jinsabu miżżewwġa u anke bit-tfal…

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Pope Francis issues motu proprio harmonizing Canon Law codes

  • Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter motu proprio on Thursday, in which he brings the basic legal instruments that govern the Latin Church and the Eastern Churches in communion with Rome more closely into accord with one another in several different specific areas regarding the discipline of the sacraments, and ecclesial identity of the faithful.

    The Holy Father has introduced material changes only to the Code of Canon Law that governs the Latin Church, in order to bring the Latin code into harmony with the Eastern code, especially as regards the valid celebration of marriages with spouses of mixed Rite, the circumstances under which a spouse may change Rite, how to determine the Rite to which a child belongs properly, and other questions in a similar vein…

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Archbishop Scicluna delivers a speech on child abuse by the clergy

  • On Wednesday 14th September 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna delivered a talk on abuse by the clergy and the importance of protecting minors and vulnerable adults, during an early September seminar held in Rome, for bishops newly elected to dioceses in mission lands.

    Members of the Pope’s Commission for Child Protection, including an abuse survivor, have been speaking with new bishops and major Vatican offices as part of a mandate to develop and educate the church about best practices…

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Pope Francis marks Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

  • During the General Audience, Pope Francis greeted the Bishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, and family members of Fr. Jacques Hamel, the French priest who was murdered by Islamists in July. Earlier on Wednesday morning, Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the slain priest.

  • Pope Francis remembered the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Wednesday, at the end of his weekly General Audience…

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“Remember your good deeds and always thank the Lord” – Archbishop Emeritus

Celebration of the Jubilee of Mercy for the Elderly

  • L-Erbgħa, 14 ta’ Settembru 2016, l-Arċisqof Emeritu Mons. Pawlu Cremona O.P. iċċelebra Quddiesa fil-Ġublew tal-Ħniena għall-anzjani, fil-Katidral tal-Imdina. It-tema ta’ din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni kienet ‘Il-ferħ tal-Ħniena t’Alla’. Qabel bdiet il-Quddiesa, l-anzjani nġabru fi Pjazza San Pawl biex jgħaddu mill-Bieb tal-Ħniena tal-Katidral. Wara, ġiet iċċelebrata l-Quddiesa ma’ numru kbir ta’ anzjani minn diversi parroċċi u djar tal-anzjani. 

    L‑attività ġiet organizzata mill‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta bis‑sehem tal‑Kapitlu Metropolitan, il‑Caritas, id‑Direttur Djar tal‑Anzjani, is‑Segretarjat Assistenza Soċjali tal‑Azzjoni Kattolika, u l‑Għaqda Maltija Trasport tal‑Morda f’Lourdes.  

     

    Homily by Archbishop Emeritus Mgr Paul Cremona O.P. 

  • 14 ta’ Settembru 2016

    Katidral tal-Imdina

      

    Ħuti, illum mal-Knisja kollha qegħdin nagħmlu il-festa tal-Eżaltazzjoni tas-Salib ta’Sidna Ġesù Kristu…

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