News from the Church in Malta
The day of Joseph Ratzinger’s birth has been seen by some as a sign of Divine Providence. It was certainly a sign of things to come. The future Pope Benedict XVI was born on Holy Saturday, April 16th 1927. His birthplace is Marktl-an-Inn, a tiny village less than an hour’s walk away from Altoetting, the most important Marian Shrine in Bavaria…
Messaġġ mill-Arċisqof
Hija xi ħaġa sabiħa ħafna li l‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta qiegħda toffri din il‑proprjetà lill‑Hospice. Bdiet b’inizjattiva ta’ mara lajka (Adelaide Cini) li kienet profeta ta’ servizz soċjali li kien neċessarju fi żmienha, u issa qed tiġi afdata lil lajċi esperti biex nirrispondu għal sitwazzjoni attwali.
Servizz għall‑poplu Malti u servizz għad‑dinjità tal‑bniedem. Il‑Hospice għandhom bżonn mhux biss l‑appoġġ imma l‑ammirazzjoni tagħna wkoll għal dak kollu li jagħmlu bis‑servizzi li joffru fil‑komunità u issa wkoll bl‑offerta ta’ servizz u esperjenza residenzjali li mhux biss fid‑djar, imma anke f’dan l‑ambjent, li nawguraw li jkun ambjent sabiħ… Read more »
The Archdiocese of Malta and The Malta Hospice Movement signed an official agreement for the establishment of St Michael’s Hospice, the first state-of-the-art complex in Malta dedicated entirely to providing comprehensive palliative care.
During the Year of Mercy, in July 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna had announced that the Church would identify the ideal premises for the setting up of a complex that, in collaboration with a registered organisation in the field, would provide palliative care services for patients with serious medical conditions…
It-Tnejn, 16 ta’ April 2018, tista’ ssegwi ‘live’ t-tlugħ tal-polza tal-għażla għall-Ewwel Sena primarja fi skejjel tal-Knisja għal studenti bniet u subien, fl-Istitut tal-Azzjoni Kattolika, il-Furjana.
Il-polza tas-subien tibda f’12pm u dik tal-bniet fis-2pm.
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Monday of the Third Week of Easter
Saint John 6:22-29
After Jesus had fed the five thousand men, his disciples saw him walking on the sea. The next day, the crowd that remained across the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not gone along with his disciples in the boat, but only his disciples had left…
It-Tnejn, 16 ta’ April 2018, tista’ ssegwi ‘live’ t-tlugħ tal-polza tal-għażla għall-Ewwel Sena sekondarja fi skejjel tal-Knisja għal studenti bniet u subien, fl-Istitut tal-Azzjoni Kattolika, il-Furjana.
Il-polza tal-bniet tibda fid-9am u dik tas-subien fid-9:30am.
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Knisja Parrokkjali, il-Furjana
15 ta’ April 2018
Il-kelma ‘hieni’ u ‘mbierek’ li Ġesù jtenni fl-Evanġelju li għadna kemm smajna, din il-kelma ‘ħieni’ issir sinonimu ta’ qaddis għax dik il-persuna fidila lejn Alla u li tgħix il-Kelma tiegħu, tilħaq fl-għotja tagħha nfisha l-veru ferħ.
Aħna l-Maltin meta nirreferu għall-Prinċep, għall-Protos tal-gżira li laqa’ lill-Appostlu Missierna, nirreferu għalih bħala San Publiju…
The Church in Malta, through Discern (the Institute of the Church for research), commissioned a research by means of a census that took place during the first weekend of December 2017, as well as a survey that was carried out in the following days. The Church has done this reality check because it wants to be aware of the true picture of contemporary society in order to be more pastorally effective in the coming years…
Third Sunday of Easter
Saint Luke 24:35-48
The disciples of Jesus recounted what had taken place along the way, and how Jesus was made known to them in the breaking of bread. While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost.
Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? …
Il-Knisja f’Malta għada l-Ħadd, 15 ta’ April, ser tiċċelebra Jum il-Karità, biex tgħin u tkompli tqajjem kuxjenza dwar id-dinjità ta’ kull persuna fis-soċjetà tagħna, l-aktar dawk vulnerabbli. Għal dan il-għan fi tmiem din il-ġimgħa ser isir ġbir speċjali fil-knejjes kollha waqt il-Quddies tas-Sibt filgħaxija u tal-Ħadd.
Bid-donazzjonijiet miġbura ser jibbenefikaw dawk il-persuni li jirrikorru għall-għajnuna fid-djar jew fl-entitajiet tal-Knisja f’Malta, fosthom: it-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ li kellhom trobbija diffiċli, il-vittmi tal-vjolenza domestika, il-persuni li qed jegħlbu l-vizzju tad-droga, in-nisa li jaqgħu fil-prostituzzjoni, il-persuni b’diżabilità, l-immigranti u r-refuġjati, l-anzjani, il-familji fil-bżonn u dawk li m’għandhomx dar fejn joqgħodu…
