Monthly Archives: February 2018

The Gospel of the day: 5th February

05/02/2018

  • Saint Mark 6:53-56 

    After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. 

    They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed…

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New Archpriests and Parish Priest for Floriana, Ħad-Dingli and Msida Parishes

04/02/2018
  • Arċipriet ġdid għall-Parroċċa tal-Furjana

  • L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Dun Charles Cini bħala l‑Arċipriet tal‑Parroċċa ta’ San Publiju, il‑Furjana.

    Dun Charles Cini twieled fl‑10 ta’ Ġunju 1972. Irċieva l‑edukazzjoni tiegħu fl‑iskola primarja ta’ St Jeanne Antide, il‑Gudja, l‑edukazzjoni sekondarja fil‑Kulleġġ Santu Wistin, il‑Pietà u dik post‑sekondarja fil‑Kulleġġ De La Salle, il-Birgu. Kompla l‑istudji terzjarji fil‑Fakultà tat‑Teoloġija (Filosofija u Teoloġija) fl‑Università ta’ Malta…

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Pope Francis: ‘Usury humiliates and kills’

04/02/2018
  • Speaking to members of an Italian National Anti-Usury Group, Pope Francis condemned financial exploitation and called for education to confront usury and corruption.

  • Pope Francis denounced usury and financial exploitation in an address to an Italian organization dedicated to its elimination.

    His words came during an audience in the Vatican on Saturday morning with the  “John Paul II” Anti-Usury Non Profit Association that provides support and assistance to victims of financial exploitation…

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The Sunday Gospel: 4th February

04/02/2018

  • Saint Mark 1:29-39 

    On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them. 

    When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons. The whole town was gathered at the door. He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him. Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed. Simon and those who were with him pursued him and on finding him said, “Everyone is looking for you.” He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also…

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The Gospel of the day: 3rd February

03/02/2018

  • Saint Mark 6:30-34 

    The Apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”

    People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat. So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place. People saw them leaving and many came to know about it…

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Pastoral Visit by the Archbishop at Balzan Parish

02/02/2018

  • Bejn is-Sibt u t-Tnejn, 4 u 5 ta’ Frar 2018, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna se jkun qed jagħmel il-Viżta Pastorali fil-Parroċċa ta’ Ħal Balzan, fejn se jiltaqa’ mat-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ, mal-anzjani u l-morda u mas-saċerdoti u r-reliġjużi li jagħtu servizz fil-parroċċa.  L-Arċisqof se jiltaqa’ wkoll mar-refuġjati residenti f’Ħal Balzan u mar-residenti u l-istaff ta’ Dar Merħba Bik. 

    Hawn taħt tista’ taqra l-messaġġ tal-Arċisqof Scicluna lill-komunità ta’ Ħal Balzan…

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The Gospel of the day: 2nd February

02/02/2018

  • The Presentation of the Lord – Feast

    Saint Luke 2:22-40 

    When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord. 

    Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon…

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Liturgical Celebrations to be led by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna during February 2018

01/02/2018

  • Il‑Ħamis 1 ta’ Frar 2018, fis‑6:30 p.m., l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa
    fl‑okkażjoni tal‑50 anniversarju mit‑twaqqif tal‑Parroċċa tal‑Madonna ta’ Fatima, Gwardamanġa.

    Il‑Ġimgħa 2 ta’ Frar, fid‑9:00 a.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa fil‑festa
    tal‑Preżentazzjoni tal‑Mulej f’Jum il‑Ħajja Kkonsagrata, fil‑Kappella tal‑Monasteru tas‑Sorijiet Klarissi, San Ġiljan.

    Is‑Sibt 3 ta’ Frar, fis‑6:30 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa fil‑Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Ħal Balzan fil‑bidu tal‑Viżta Pastorali f’din il‑parroċċa…

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What do children pray for?

01/02/2018

  • Għat-tieni sena konsekuttiva, waqt il-Foundation for Environmental Education Fest (FEE Fest), intramaw Prayer Spaces li għandhom x’jaqsmu mal-ambjent u l-ħolqien. L-FEE Fest hi attività mifruxa fuq tliet ijiem fejn l-istudenti jingħataw l-opportunità jsiru aktar familjari ma’ programmi dwar l-ambjent u l-iżvilupp sostenibbli. 

    Fil-Prayer Spaces, gruppi ta’ studenti adolexxenti Maltn u Għawdxin minn skejjel primarji u sekondarji, talbu u rriflettew permezz ta’ tmien spazji ta’ talb fosthom, li kitbu talb għan-nies fid-dinja wara li raw powerpoint presentation b’realtijiet diversi ta’ nies madwar id-dinja…

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