Monthly Archives: June 2017

St Monica Choir and international tenor Nicholas Mulroy in concert

    • Today, 8th June 2017, at the Mdina Cathedral, the St Monica Choir will be teaming up with international British tenor Nicholas Mulroy to present a journey of 300 years through the world of sacred music.

      The choir will be showcasing new techniques learnt through the exploration of the sacred repertoire ranging from Bach and Handel to contemporary compositions, and also including Maltese composers. 

      The audience will also have the opportunity to listen to the brilliant Nicholas Mulroy who will be singing with the choir as well as in some solo pieces. 

      The St Monica Choir is one of the oldest and most prestigious choirs in Malta having celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014 and which has gone from strength to strength performing both in Malta and overseas with various acclaimed conductors. 

  • The choir has offered the Maltese public concerts of high calibre; Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Jenkin’s The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace and last November Verdi’s Requiem under the direction of Mro Michael Laus with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra…

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USA and Russia: the top exporters of arms in the world

  • In the global arms market, there are 10 countries who account for more than 90 percent of all arms trade.  The U.S. and Russia are the largest exporters, with a combined profit of $16.3 billion in the year 2016. The other three making up the top five are Germany, France and China, who have all been increasing their numbers of exports…
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“Nobody will ever be a disciple of the priest, of the bishop or of the pope. We want to be disciples of Jesus” – The Archbishop

The Archbishop celebrates Mass on the installation of a new parish priest of Imtarfa, Fr Rene Vella

  • Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Parroċċa tal-Imtarfa

    28 ta’ Mejju 2017

    “Dak iż-żmien il-ħdax-il dixxiplu telqu lejn il-Galilija” (Mt 28, 16). Nafu x’kien ġara. Wieħed minnhom ittradixxa lill-Mulej, mar u tgħallaq u minn tnax saru ħdax. Għal ħafna żmien baqgħu jissemmew bħala “l-grupp tal-ħdax” sakemm imbagħad għażlu t-tnax-il wieħed li kien Mattija…

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Pope Francis at Pentecost: new people, new hearts

  • Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday, the Solemnity of Pentecost, in St. Peter’s Square.

    Before a crowd of scores of thousands of faithful – many of them pilgrims – gathered beneath a bright and nearly cloudless June sky, the Holy Father preached a homily that turned on two actions of the Holy Spirit, discernible in the readings of the day: He makes a new people and He gives each member of that people a new heart…

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“The gift of the Holy Spirit gives the Church the power to forgive, the strength to reconcile humanity” – The Archbishop

  • St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta

    4th June 2017

    On the first day on Easter Sunday, Jesus told his disciples: “receive the Holy Spirit, those whom you forgive, their sins will be forgiven” (Jn 20, 22-23). At the beginning of his ministry he had to confront the Pharisees because when he forgave the sins of the man who was paralysed or disabled, they objected…

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Pope Francis meets with children from Italy’s earthquake region

  • On Saturday, Pope Francis welcomed to the Vatican a number of young children from the towns Norcia, Cascia, Accumoli, Amatrice, Arquata del Tronto, and Acquasanta – communities that were devastated by a series of earthquakes that struck central Italy last year.

    The children had come to Rome aboard a special “Children’s Train” especially to meet with the Holy Father…

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“There’s no need to shed blood in order to be a witness of Jesus” – The Archbishop to the adolescents who received their Holy Confirmation

The Archbishop administers the sacrament of Confirmation to adoloscents from the parishes of Valletta and the Parish of Jesus Nazareth, Sliema

  • Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna
  • Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, Valletta

    2 ta’ Ġunju 2017

    “Ħadd ma jista’ jgħid ‘Ġesù hu l-Mulej’ jekk mhux imqanqal mill-Ispirtu s-Santu” (1Kor 12, 3). Dan il-kliem qalu l-appostlu Missierna San Pawl f’ittra li kiteb lin-nies li kienu joqgħodu fil-belt ta’ Korintu ġewwa l-Greċja u għalhekk insejħulhom Korintin…

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Live: Mass on the Solemnity of Pentecost

  • Għada, il-Ħadd, 2 ta’ Ġunju 2017, fid‑9:15 a.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna imexxi l-Quddiesa fis-Solennità ta’ Għid il-Ħamsin, fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.

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New parish priest for Mary Immaculate Mother of the Church Parish, Ibraġ

    • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Blake Camilleri bħala kappillan tal‑Parroċċa tal‑Immakulata Omm il‑Knisja, l‑Ibraġ.

      Dun Blake Camilleri twieled fit‑8 ta’ Mejju 1984. Huwa rċieva l‑edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑iskola ta’ Stella Maris f’Ħal Balzan u l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fis‑Seminarju Minuri tal‑Arċisqof, Tal‑Virtù, ir‑Rabat. Kompla bl‑edukazzjoni terzjarja fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl‑Università ta’ Malta, fejn studja wkoll it‑Teoloġija Pastorali.

      Dun Blake ġie ordnat saċerdot fit‑23 ta’ Ġunju 2010…

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€9,350 collected from Malta to help victims in Syria

  • Permezz ta’ Caritas Malta, il-Maltin ġabru s-somma ta’ €9,350 sabiex imorru għall-vittmi f’Aleppo, is-Sirja.

    Caritas Malta kienet fetħet fond ta’ emerġenza biex l-għajnuna finanzjarja tintbagħat lill-Caritas Internationalis, li tgħin lill-vittmi ta’ Aleppo, speċjalment fejn hemm l-iktar bżonnijiet ta’ saħħa, ilma u sanità, sistema ta’ edukazzjoni u xelters għal dawk il-persuni li tilfu dak kollu li kellhom. 

    Min-naħa tagħha, Caritas Sirja se timplimenta programm ta’ sena li jinkludi salvataġġ ta’ ħajjiet ta’ persuni…

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