News from the Church in Malta
A public lecture is being held on Sacred Spaces.
The event will be held on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 at 4:00 pm at the University of Malta (Theology Board Room – 317) in Msida.
Guest lecturer, Professor Conrad Thake is a renowned architect and architectural historian. He has co-authored with the late Dr Quentin Hughes, the two volumes Malta – The Baroque Island (2003) and Malta – War and Peace, an Architectural Chronicle 1800-2000 (2005)…
First Reading: Is 26, 1-6
Psalm: 117 (118), 1 & 8-9.19-21.25-27a
Gospel: Matthew 7, 21.24-27
Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven…
The Secretariat for Catholic Education acknowledges the situation that schools are facing in terms of human resources. Schools have to adhere to new requirements set in the Collective Agreement whilst having been obliged by the Education Authorities to maximise the number of lessons teachers are assigned. This issue is presently being discussed with MUT.
In the case of Stella Maris College, referred to earlier today by the UPE, the College wishes to clarify that only three teachers have been assigned one lesson over and above the agreed working load…
Dar Qalb ta’ Ġesù, Santa Venera
3 ta’ Diċembru 2018
Ir-relazzjonijiet tagħna fil-familja huma importanti ħafna f’ħajjitna għaliex il-familja għandha tkun l-ambjent fejn insibu lil min iħobbna u lil min inħobbu. Il-familja hija l-post fejn għandek tħossok safe u fejn tista’ tkun libera jew liberu taqsam ħajtek ma’ dawk ta’ madwarek.
Għandna ħafna ambjenti bħal dawn f’pajjiżna li fihom issib dak li smajna fis-Salm b’enfasi fuq is-sliem: “Ħa jkollhom is-sliem dawk kollha li jħobbuk”…
The overwhelming majority of U.S. families with children at home worry about paying their bills each month, and the cost of raising a child today is a significant factor in deciding whether to become parents, according to a recent study.
Fifty-three percent of respondents to the 2018 American Family Survey said that the cost of raising a family today is not affordable for most people…
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First Reading: Is 25, 6-10a
Psalm: 22 (23), 1-3a.3b-4.5.6
Gospel: Matthew 15, 29-37
At that time: Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, went up on the mountain, and sat down there. Great crowds came to him, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, the mute, and many others…
Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
1 ta’ Diċembru 2018
Aħna u nibdew sena liturġika ġdida, is-sena tat-talb tal-Knisja, nissieħbu mal-għajta tal-Għarusa ta’ Ġesù u ngħidulu: “Ejja, Mulej Ġesù”. Dan huwa s-sinifikat profond tal-istaġun li bdejna llejla: l-istaġun tal-Avvent…
The Citadel of Peace Association was founded 20 years ago by Franco Vaccari who had an interest in conflict resolution. Mr Vaccari took the formerly abandoned Italian village of Rondine in Tuscany and turned it into a centre for conflict resolution which was nominated in 2015 for the Nobel Peace Prize. Over the years, young people from areas of conflict around the world have come to the village and the centre in a bid to promote understanding and peace…
It was Luke Edison who said, “you haven’t lived life to the fullest until you’ve found something worth dying for”.
Some 19 missionaries in Algeria found themselves living in a time of great danger and their lives were threatened. All foreigners were given an ultimatum; to leave the Country or they will be targeted. The missionaries had the option to leave but they found something worth dying for; the love of God and the flock entrusted to them…
