News from the Church in Malta
The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has invited the faithful in the 26 Dioceses of the country and all people of good will, to join in praying for the country. In a press statement issued 28 July 2017 at the Catholic Secretariat in Nairobi, by all the Bishops, the prelates propose to start Novena prayers for peaceful elections from 30 July to 7 August 2017…
L-Erbgħa 2 ta’ Awwissu 2017, fis-6:30 p.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa fil-Parroċċa ta’ Birżebbuġa fl-okkażjoni tal-1950 anniversarju mill-martirju ta’ San Pietru u San Pawl.
Is‑Sibt 5 ta’ Awwissu, fis‑6:30 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof imexxi Traslazzjoni Solenni lejlet il-festa ta’ Ġesù Salvatur, Ħal Lija.
Il‑Ħadd 6 ta’ Awwissu, fid-9:00 a.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fil‑festa ta’ Ġesù Salvatur, Ħal Lija…
Fr Mark Cachia SJ has been appointed as the new chaplain of the University of Malta. Fr Cachia, 35, succeeds fellow Jesuit Fr Michael Bugeja SJ, who had served in the role for the past nine years.
Fr Cachia will lead the Chaplaincy team based at St Thomas More chapel on the University’s Msida campus. The team includes two full-time pastoral assistants – Christian Mintoff and Sara Zingariello – and Martina Laferla, who coordinates the Degree Plus voluntary work programme at University…
Parroċċa ta’ Wied il-Għajn
29 ta’ Lulju 2017
Il-festa ta’ Sant’ Anna tfakkarna wkoll fir-raġel tagħha San Ġwakkin. Fl-istatwa sabiħa li ilha hawnhekk 70 sena, San Ġwakkin ma jidhirx, imma qiegħed iħares lejna mill-istatwa li hemm mal-ġenb tal-knisja, u llum, meta nagħmlu l-quddiesa fuq is-simenta, iħarsu ftit lejn xulxin…
The Spiritual Development in Schools Unit within the Secretariat for Catholic Education organised a seminar as a follow up to the ‘Meditation in Schools‘ seminar held in November, and also to celebrate and share Good Spiritual Practices in Schools.
Around 70 educators participated actively during the seminar and according to Fr Reuben Gauci, responsible for the pastoral ministry in state schools, one could sense that there is an increased interest in spirituality…
Charlie Gard, the critically ill baby at the centre of a contentious legal battle that attracted the attention of Pope Francis and US President Donald Trump, died on Friday, according to a family spokeswoman. He would have turned one next week.
Charlie suffered from a rare genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome, which caused brain damage and left him unable to breathe unaided…
L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna kien mistieden biex jippresiedi ċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ San Liborju, il-qaddis patrun tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Paderborn, il-Ġermanja, bejn is-Sibt 22 u l-Erbgħa 26 ta’ Lulju 2017.
Għal din il-festa ġew mistiedna madwar 20 isqfijiet u kardinali minn 14-il pajjiż. Din kienet l-ewwel darba li l-Arċisqof Scicluna ħa sehem f’dawn iċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet.
Il-Ħadd, 23 ta’ Lulju, l-Arċisqof tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Paderborn, Hans-Josef Becker, iċċelebra quddiesa pontifikali flimkien mal-isqfijiet u kardinali mistiedna u wara saret purċissjoni mat-toroq tal-belt, bir-relikwi ta’ San Liborju…
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Atturi: Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll, Jordan Peele u Kristen Schaal
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Ġewwa l-belt ta’ Piqua f’Ohio, jgħixu George Beard u Harold Hutchins, żewġ subien, ġirien ta’ xulxin…
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Atturi: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy u Kenneth Branagh
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Il-film huwa mqassam fi tliet partijiet…
Cardinal George Pell made a brief appearance at an Australian court on Wednesday in a preliminary hearing regarding the accusation of “historical sexual offences”.
His lawyer said he would plead “not guilty” to the charges leveled against him by police in the state of Victoria.
Escorted by Australian police, Cardinal George Pell made his way through a mass of journalists and protesters to arrive at a filing hearing before the Melbourne Magistrate’s Court…
