News from the Church in Malta
Some 8,500 asylum seekers rescued in the southern Mediterranean over the last two days arrived in Italian ports on Tuesday.
Around 5,000 of those people were rescued off the coast of Libya on Monday. The asylum seekers were aboard 14 ships, six of which have already docked, or are about to enter, ports in Sicily and Calabria.
Source: Ansa
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On Monday, 26th June 2017, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna ordained seven new deacons, two seminarians (Anton D’Amato and Bernard Micallef) and five religious men (Alan Joseph Adami, Jethro Bajada, Kenneth Micallef, Kurt Mizzi and Elmar Pace) at Saint John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta.
The Vatican’s top personality on social justice issues has voiced his concern for the increased demand for drugs, including recreational marijuana, saying debate on the plant’s usage doesn’t take ethical concerns into account.
In a June 26 letter on the occasion of the U.N. International Day against Abuse and Illicit Trafficking of Drugs, Cardinal Peter Turkson lamented the fact that narcotics “continue to rage in impressive forms and dimensions” throughout the world…
The Pope presides at the celebration of the Mass for the 25th anniversary of Episcopal Ordination with the Cardinals in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in Rome.l-Vatikan.
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Direttur: Michael Bay
Atturi: Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Stanley Tucci, Anthony Hopkins, Isabela Moner, Laura Haddock, Tyrese Gibson, u John Turturro
Ħin tal-Film: 149 min
Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd
KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA: 12A
KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA: 12
Fin-nuqqas ta’ Optimus Prime, gwerra bejn ir-razza umana u t-Transformers dehret inevitabbli. Għad-dinja din il-gwerra kienet tfisser it-tmiem tagħha…
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Direttur: Jonathan Teplitzky
Atturi: Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slaterry, James Purefoy, Ella Purnell, Julian Wadham, Danny Webb u Richard Durden
Ħin tal-Film: 98 min
Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd
KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA: 15
KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA: 15
Fl-1944, il-Forzi Alleati kienu għal lest, b’armata massiva, mħejjija sew f’segretezza kbira…
Festa San Nikola, is-Siġġiewi
25 ta’ Ġunju 2017
“Kull min jistqarr quddiem il-bnedmin li hu miegħi jien ukoll nistqarr li jiena miegħu quddiem missieri li hu fis-smewwiet.” F’din is-sentenza minn Kapitlu 10 vers 32 tal-Vanġelu skont San Mattew tfisser ir-raġuni għaliex illum inġbarna hawn f’din il-knisja maestuża, imżejna b’mod sabiħ biex nagħmlu festa, kif jixraqlu lill-qaddis kbira San Nikola. San Nikola b’ħajtu, b’għemilu, bi kliemu stqarr quddiem il-bnedmin li hu ta’ Ġesù u li huwa ma’ Ġesù…
Fl-okkażjoni tas-Solennità tal-martirju tal-Appostli San Pietru u San Pawl (l-Imnarja), il-programm ta’ ċelebrazzjonijiet liturġiċi fil-Katidral tal-Imdina ser ikun kif ġej. Dawn iċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet ser jitmexxew mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna.
L-Erbgħa 28 ta’ Ġunju 2017
5:15pm: Il-Kapitlu Metropolitan joħroġ proċessjonalment għall-Palazz tal-Arċisqof biex jakkumpanja u jwassal lill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna sal-Katidral.
5:45pm: Translazzjoni tar-Relikwi…
Jum il-Gradwazzjoni tal-Caritas, San Blas
23 ta’ Ġunju 2017
Nixtieq nirringrazzjakom ta’ din is-serata meraviljuża. Dak li rajna s’issa jfisser ħafna xogħol ta’ ħafna nies. Jien illejla kommoss iżjed mis-snin li għaddew għaliex f’dawn l-aħħar xhur kelli l-grazzja niltaqa’ mhux biss mal-istruttura, imma man-nies li jgħixu f’dawn l-ambjenti li qed toffri l-Caritas, ambjenti ta’ rijabilitazzjoni, ambjenti li lill‑bniedem jerġgħu jagħtuh, għalkemm wara tbatija kbira, il-vera ħelsien u d-dinjità…
