Yearly Archives: 2017

Caritas distributes food parcels to Muslims during Ramadan

13/06/2017

  • Caritas in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan has organised the distribution of food parcels for the most needy Muslim families in the poorest parts of Naur district, western urban area of the city of Amman.

    The launching of the programme, organised jointly with the local Latin Catholic parish, was greeted with speeches and interventions on the part of Christian and Muslim representatives, including Jordanian priest Fr Rifat Bader, promoter of the Catholic Centre for Studies and Media…

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Annual 3 day formation course for priests comes to an end

13/06/2017

  • Mal-200 membru tal-Kleru (kemm djoċesani kif ukoll reliġjużi) attendew għal tliet ijiem ta’ taħriġ, hekk imsejjaħ Aġġornament Teoloġiku-Pastorali, bħala parti mill-continuous professional development tal-qassis.

    It-tema li ntagħżlet għal din is-sena hi: Lejn dixxerniment, akkumpanjament u integrazzjoni: x’jgħinna nipprattikawhom?

    Fid-dawl tal-Eżortazzjoni Apostolika Amoris Laetitia li kiteb il-Papa Franġisku, l-għan prinċipali ta’ dawn it-tliet ijiem kien li s-saċerdoti jkomplu jiżviluppaw l-atteġġjamenti u jsaħħu l-ħiliet neċessarji sabiex jakkumpanjaw il-koppji fid-dinja tal-lum. 

    Fl-ewwel ġurnata ta’ taħriġ, Dun Anton Teuma indika l-atteġġjamenti neċessarji sabiex il-qassis ikun jista’ jgħin il-koppji fit-tfittxija tagħhom ta’ Alla u tat-tajjeb…

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Public lecture about Fr Avertan Fenech

12/06/2017

  • Nhar l-Erbgħa li ġej, fl-4pm, se ssir taħdita fuq il-patri Karmelitan Avertan Fenech minn Dr Pauline Dimech.

    L-attività se ssir fil-boardroom tal-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija, kamra 317, u qed issir b’kollaborazzjoni mal-Ordni Karmelitana.

    Il-Knisja f’Malta tat bidu għall-kawża tal-beatifikazzjoni u l-kanonizzazzjoni ta’ Patri Avertan Fenech wara li l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna laqa’ t-talba tal-postulatriċi generali Dr Giovanna Brizi biex jitwaqqaf tribunal għal dan il-għan…

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“This is the sound of silence, this is the sound of prayer” – The Archbishop

Message by Archbishop Scicluna during the sacred music concert by the Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina

12/06/2017
  • Message by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

  • St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta

    9th June 2017

    An expression that sums up our experience tonight is a phrase that came to mind repeatedly: this is the sound of silence, this is the sound of prayer. As we listen to this music we enter into an inner spiritual peace which is that solemn  ground where we meet the Lord, it is a sacred ground…

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Il-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof lill-adolexxenti tal-iskola San Anton li għamlu l-Griżma

12/06/2017
  • Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Chaplaincy tal-Università, Tal-Qroqq

    11 ta’ Ġunju 2017

    Let’s start with the Maltese phrase: “Griżma tal-Isqof”. What is “Griżma”? “Griżma” means “chrism”; it is the blessed oil that I consecrated as your Bishop on Maundy Thursday, the Thursday in Holy Week when the Church remembers the gift of the Spirit that moved Jesus, and is the Spirit of Jesus…

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Holy Cross University in Rome to launch Church management course

09/06/2017

  • Managing money, combatting corruption, planning a budget and guaranteeing transparency in all financial transactions. These important skills will be at the heart of a new programme on Church management to be launched next spring at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome.

    Designed to give priests, religious and lay people the skills to be better stewards of the Church’s resources, the course has been put together in partnership with a group of American Catholic universities and leadership training institutes…

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Aleppo bishop: “1 Minute for Peace initiative remindes us that everybody is able to build peace in the world

08/06/2017

  • Men and women of goodwill across the globe on Thursday responded to Pope Francis’ call to join in prayer to participate in the “One Minute for Peace” initiative.

    The Pope’s appeal for prayers and international participation in the initiative came during his Wednesday General Audience when he recalled that the initiative represents a short moment a of prayer on the recurrence of the meeting in the Vatican between the Pope, the late Israeli President Peres, and the Palestinian President Abbas…

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Rebirth through forgiveness, unity and diversity

08/06/2017

  • During his homily on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis stated that the Catholic Church is facing two “recurrent temptations”. The first “seeks diversity without unity,” while the second “seeks unity without diversity.”

    He reminded us that these temptations go against the Spirit of the Risen Jesus, that on the day of Pentecost, the Spirit gathered the disciples into unity by giving a different gift to each one of them and began to speak in other languages” (see Acts 2:3-4)…

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St Monica Choir and international tenor Nicholas Mulroy in concert

08/06/2017

    • 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

07/06/2017
  • 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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