News from the Church in Malta
Left to right: Saint Augustine and his mother, Saint Monica, 1846. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Leonardo Da Vinci, circa 1503-1519.
There are times when your child hugs you and gives you a picture in crayon of the two of you holding hands surrounded by hearts. There are also times when you’re knee-deep in laundry, tired, desperate for sleep, and barely able to keep up with the demands of motherhood…
Friday of the Sixth week of Easter
Saint John 16:20-23a
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy. When a woman is in labour, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
So you also are now in anguish…
After a two-day meeting in Rome, the governing council of the Vatican office for the Synod of Bishops approved the text to be used as the working document for the upcoming October gathering dedicated to youth.
The May 7-8 meeting of the governing council was presided over by Pope Francis and centered on finalizing the text.
A compilation of ideas and thoughts from five sources, the document includes information from answers to a questionnaire sent out to bishops conferences; answers to an online questionnaire for youth; an international seminar on youth that took place in Rome in September 2017; contributions and suggestions from both individuals and groups; and the concluding document of the March 19-24 pre-synod meeting in Rome, which gathered some 300 youth from around the world…
Knisja Parrokkjali, Santa Venera
9 ta’ Mejju 2018
It-Tieni Qari li l-liturġija tipprovdilna u tipproponilna fil-festa ta’ San Ġorġ Preca, kien qari għażiż ħafna għalih. Is-soċji jafu li l-kliem tal-Appostlu Missierna li jiftħu din is-silta mit-Tieni Ittra lil Timotju, għalih kienu l-fundament, il-pedament tal-missjoni tiegħu. “Kulma smajt mingħandi quddiem ħafna xhieda, għaddih lil nies ta’ fiduċja, li huma stess ikollhom il-ħila jgħallmuh ukoll lil oħrajn” (2Tim 2:2)…
Bejn is-Sibt, 5 u t-Tnejn, 7 ta’ Mejju 2018, l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna żar il-Parroċċa tal-Konverżjoni ta’ San Pawl, Ħal Safi.
F’diversi okkażjonijiet waqt il-Viżta Pastorali l-Arcisqof iltaqa’ man-nies tal-lokal, inkluż fil-post tax-xogħol tagħhom u fil-każin tal-banda. L-Arċisqof iltaqa’ wkoll mal-istudenti u l-edukaturi tal-Iskola Primarja tal-Kulleġġ San Benedittu, u kellu laqgħat ta’ djalogu mal-Kunsill Lokali, mat-tfal, l-adolexxenti u ż-żgħażagħ, u mal-katekisti u l-operaturi pastorali tal-parroċċa…
Ftit snin ilu, ħaddiema soċjali fi ħdan is-Segretarjat tal-Edukazzjoni Nisranija ħassew il-bżonn li jgħinu iktar lill-familji li għaddejjin minn xi diffikultajiet finanzjarji. Għalhekk bdiet fis-seħħ iċ-Church Schools Children’s Fund (CSCF), li iktar tard ġiet irreġistrata bħala organizzazzjoni volontarja, fi ħdan is-Segretarjat tal-Edukazzjoni Nisranija.
Is-CSCF twqqfet bil-għan li tkun tista’ tgħin u toffri sapport lill-istudenti li jattendu l-iskejjel tal-Knisja, u lill-familji tagħhom, li jkunu qed jagħddu minn xi diffikultajiet…
Thursday of the Sixth week of Easter
Saint John 16:16-20
In those days, Jesus said to his disciples: “A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me.” Some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?” They said, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? …
St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation and University of Malta (UM) have set the path for a future of collaboration following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.
“Through a culture of sharing and widening our horizons we can look at collaborations such as this, between the University of Malta and a world heritage site such as St John’s Co-Cathedral, as forward looking and a means to utilise expertise to enhance our knowledge about such monuments,” stated Minister for Culture, Owen Bonnici…
Knisja Parrokkjali, Marsaxlokk
8 ta’ Mejju 2018
Illum mat-tokki ta’ nofsinhar, f’diversi knejjes madwar id-dinja, kull fejn mis-sebħ sakemm tispiċċa din il-ġurnata qaddisa tat-8 ta’ Mejju jibqa’ jdoqq nofsinhar, l-Insara jinġabru biex jitolbu s-supplika għażiża lill-Madonna ta’ Pompej. Kull sena l-Arċisqof ta’ Malta jmur quddiem il-kwadru għażiż tal-Madonna ta’ Pompej li hemm fil-knisja tal-Ġiżwiti, il-Belt Valletta, u jgħid is-supplika f’isem il-poplu Malti kollu.
Bħal-lum il-qaddej ta’ Alla, Mons…
The Department of Fundamental & Dogmatic Theology will be hosting a Theology Research Seminar entitled ‘The Semitic Element in the Maltese Religious Lexicon‘.
Speaker: Prof. Martin Zammit
Venue: Theology Board Room (Room 317), Faculty of Theology, University of Malta
Date: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Time: 16:00 – 17:00
The mixed nature of the Maltese language, characterized by its Semitic and Romance components, is also reflected in the religious lexis in which Maltese Christianity is expressed…
