News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis inserts the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, into the Roman Calendar on the Monday following Pentecost Sunday.
Pope Francis has decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman Calendar.
The liturgical celebration, B…
“Men do not need the human qualities of the pastors, but rather the warm friendship of God who must dwell in us”, says Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa and President of CCEE, in a message sent to the participants of the European Congress of national delegates for the pastoral care of vocations in Tirana until next March 3rd.
Recalling the situation of vocations in Europe affected by “a certain decrease in vocations to the priesthood and religious life”, the CCEE President invited the over fifty participants to “think about the changes taking place, to adapt our pastoral care by keeping steady to the pillars of vocation, of formation and of the priestly mission and of the mission of religious men and women”…
Saint Luke 15:1-3.11-32
Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
So to them he addressed this parable. Then he said, “A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’ So the father divided the property between them. After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine. And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any.
Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.”‘
So he got up and went back to his father…
L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna wasal lura Malta llum waranofsinhar wara ġimagħtejn fiċ‑Ċilì fuq xogħol assenjat lilu mill‑Qdusija Tiegħu l‑Papa Franġisku. Fl‑Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta ġie milqugħ minn ommu, ħutu u qraba oħra, u mill‑Vigarju Ġenerali, Mons. Joe Galea Curmi.
L‑Arċisqof ser ikompli bil‑ħidma tiegħu fl‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta, bl‑ewwel impenn pubbliku jkun nhar il‑Ġimgħa 9 ta’ Marzu. Dakinhar Mons…
Looking for something new to read to make the rest of this season of Lent a spiritually enriching and productive one? Or are you just looking for a good book?
In either case, you may want to consult the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, to find out which books have influenced his spiritual life, inspired and simply entertained him…
Opening the Congress, H.E. Mgr Oscar Cantoni, Bishop in charge of the Vocations section of the CCEE Commission Youth, recalled the aims of the meeting in Tirana “everything is aimed at helping the educators of God’s people, and therefore all pastoral workers, in suggesting the most opportune ways so that all the ordinary pastoral care of the Church underlines the vocational dimension and offers useful criteria to accompany young people, all young people, in discerning their personal vocation”…
Saint Matthew 21:33-43.45-46
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce…
The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, writes a letter to the President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, on the occasion of the Palliative Care Congress set for 28 February – 1 March 2018. Photo: A member of the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God cares for a patient
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Il‑Ġimgħa 9 ta’ Marzu 2018, fis‑6:00 p.m., l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser imexxi pellegrinaġġ u jiċċelebra Quddiesa bl‑istatwa devota ta’ Ġesù Redentur, fil‑Bażilika tal‑Isla.
Il‑Ħadd 11 ta’ Marzu, fl‑10:30 a.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa f’Savio College, Ħad-Dingli, fil-50 anniversarju mit-twaqqif tal-iskola.
Is-Sibt 17 ta’ Marzu, fis-6:00 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa li matulha jagħti l‑pussess lil Dun Martin Cardona bħala l‑Kappillan il‑ġdid tal‑Parroċċa ta’ Ħal Kirkop…
