Monthly Archives: January 2018

The Gospel of the day: 6th January

06/01/2018

  • Saint Luke 3:23-38 

    When Jesus began his ministry he was about thirty years of age.

    He was the son, as was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

    the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos,

    the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias,

    the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa,

    the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi,

    the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer,

    the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah,

    the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna,

    the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,the son of Jesse, the son of Obed,

    the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin,

    the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob,

    the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug,

    the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan,

    the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah,

    the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos,

    the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God…

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Live: Mass for couples who married in 2017

05/01/2018

  • Is-Sibt 6 ta’ Jannar 2018, fil-5:30 p.m., Mons. Charles Attard, Direttur tal-Moviment ta’ Kana, jiċċelebra Quddiesa għall-koppji li żżewġu matul l-2017, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Din il-Quddiesa hija organizzata mill-Moviment ta’ Kana.

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Live: The Funeral Mass of Bishop Adeodato Micallef O.C.D.

05/01/2018

  • Il‑Quddiesa praesente cadavere tal‑Isqof Francesco Adeodato Micallef O.C.D., ser issir is‑Sibt 6 ta’ Jannar 2018, fid‑9:30 a.m., fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta.

    Jippresiedi l-Quddiesa l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna. Miegħu ser jikkonċelebraw: Mons. Pawlu Cremona O.P., Arċisqof Emeritu, Mons. Paul Darmanin O.F.M. Cap., Isqof Emeritu ta’ Garissa, Kenja, Mons. Camillo Ballin M.C.C.J., Isqof u Vigarju Appostoliku fil‑Kuwait, u Fr Konrad Grech S.J., rappreżentant tan‑Nunzjatura Appostolika f’Malta…

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All the Money in the World

05/01/2018

  • ****

    Direttur:          Ridley Scott

    Atturi:              Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Plummer, Romain Duris, Timothy Hutton, Andrew Buchan u Giuseppe Bonifati

    Ħin tal-Film:    133 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                 15

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                      15

    Fis-sena 1973, J…

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Molly’s Game

05/01/2018

  • ****

    Direttur:          Aaron Sorkin

    Atturi:              Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O’Dowd, Graham Greene u Bill Camp

    Ħin tal-Film:    140 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                 15

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                       15

    Molly Bloom, ta’ tnax-il sena, kellha esperjenza xejn sabiħa meta ghaddiet minn operazzjoni serja f’daharha…

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Bishop Emanuel Barbara passes on to eternal life

05/01/2018

  • Mgr Emanuel Barbara O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Malindi, Kenya, passed away today, 5th January 2018. Bishop Barbara, who hails from Gzira, passed away during the night at his residence in Malindi, Kenya, at the age of 68. 

  • Biography

  • Bishop Emanuel Barbara OFMCap was born on the 27 October 1949 in Gzira, Malta…

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The Gospel of the day: 5th January

05/01/2018

  • Saint John 1:43-51 

    Jesus decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth.” But Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 

    Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true Israelite…

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Four New Candidates for the Priesthood

04/01/2018

  • Four seminarians who are currently in their fifth year of studies at the Archbishop’s Seminary, will ask Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna to accept them officially as candidates for the Ordination to the Diaconate and the Priesthood. This celebration will take place on Sunday 7th January 2018, during Epiphany Mass at St John’s Co‑Cathedral, Valletta, at 9:15 a.m.

    Osmar Baldacchino from St Nicholas Parish, Siġġiewi, David Borg from Our Lady of Graces Parish, Ħaż-Żabbar, Christopher Bugeja from St Paul’s Parish, Rabat, and Jonathan Debattista from The Annunciation of Our Lady Parish, Ħal Tarxien, will publicly manifest their will to offer themselves to the Church to serve in the ministerial priesthood…

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Pope prints postcard illustrating the horror of war

04/01/2018

  • As 2017 was drawing to a close, the horrors of war and people’s yearnings for peace were on Pope Francis’ mind and in his prayers.

    In an unusual move late Dec. 30, the pope had the Vatican press office and Vatican media distribute a copy of a famous photograph from the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

    The photo shows a young boy, about 10 years old, carrying his dead little brother on his back…

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