Yearly Archives: 2018

Prevention, timely action and Police referrals

The annual report of the Safeguarding Commission for 2017

10/10/2018

  • The decision by the Maltese Bishops to prohibit a priest from exercising his priestly ministry, despite the decision by the Court of Appeal, shows that the Church abides by specific and more stringent criteria resulting from the responsibilities laid down on priests by canon law. The Head of the Safeguarding Commission, Andrew Azzopardi, said this during the presentation of the annual report of the Church’s Commission which is responsible for the protection of minors and vulnerable adults…

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Synod Day 6: Listening, conversion, and the role of women

10/10/2018

  • Despite the varying situations and contexts of young people across the world their basic aspirations are the same. They want to be taken seriously, listened to, allowed to contribute and they want us to trust them, Cardinal Oswald Gracias from India said.

    Listening

    “Listening is key in the Synod process,” said French Sister Nathalie Becquart…

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The power of youth within the Church

Omelija waqt Quddiesa fil-bidu tal-Missjoni ż-Żgħira u l-festa ta’ Santa Tereża ta’ Lisieux

10/10/2018
  • L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi

     

  • Il-Knisja Parrokkjali, Ħal Luqa
    1 ta’ Ottubru 2018

     

  • Santa Tereża tal-Bambin Ġesù, li l-festa tagħha niċċelebrawha llum u li hi patruna tal-missjonijiet, hi qaddisa li għandha ħafna x’tgħidilna fi żminijietna.

    Żagħżugħa, mara, kontemplattiva

    Hi qaddisa żagħżugħa…

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The Gospel of the day: 10th October

10/10/2018

  • Saint Luke 11:1-4 

    Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.” 

    He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.”

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Johnny English Strikes Again

09/10/2018

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    Direttur:          David Kerr

    Atturi:              Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Olga Kurylenko, Jake Lacy, Emma Thompson, Adam James, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Miranda Hennessy, Irena Tyshyna u David Mumeni

    Ħin tal-Film:    89 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                             U

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                                  12

    L-M17 f’attakk cyber minn entità mhux magħrufa, esponiet l-identità kurrenti tal-aġenti kollha…

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King of Thieves

09/10/2018

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    Direttur:          James Marsh

    Atturi:              Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Tim  Courtenay, Charlie Cox, Paul Whitehouse, Michael Gambon u Ray Winstone

    Ħin tal-Film:    108 min

    Maħruġ minnn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                             15

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                                  15

    Brian Reader, anzjan ta’ 77 sena, kien magħruf sew bħala ħalliel gwapp…

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Synod Day 5: Sexual abuse and role of women discussed during the Synod

Holy See Press Office briefing addressed by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna

09/10/2018

  • Three participants at the Synod of Bishops on Youth attended the daily press briefing. These included Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna, auxiliary bishop of Lyon, France, Emmanuel Gobilliard and Italian author Mr Thomas Leoncini. After offering their impressions of the Synod, two issues were addressed: the sexual abuse of minors and the role of women in the Church.

    Participants impressions of the Synod

    Archbishop Scicluna opened the briefing by saying that he was touched by the very vocal presence of 30 young people at the Synod who, at times, reacted vociferously to what they heard…

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The Eucharist helps us to be instruments of unity – The Auxiliary Bishop

Omelija waqt Quddiesa mal-Fergħa Ewkaristika

09/10/2018
  • L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi

     


  • Iċ-Ċentru Ewkaristiku, il-Marsa
    29 ta’ Settembru 2018

    Il-Fergħa Ewkaristika hi marbuta mal-qalba tal-fidi tagħna: l-Ewkaristija, il-preżenza reali ta’ Ġesù li għażel li jkun magħna hekk mill-qrib u li jingħata għalina. Għalhekk għandha tifsira speċjali ċ-ċelebrazzjoni li qed nagħmlu llum f’din il-quddiesa…

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The Gospel of the day: 9th October

09/10/2018

  • Saint Luke 10:38-42 

    Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? …

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Bishop Charles Gauci arrives in Malta

08/10/2018

  • Wasla illum, 8 ta’ Ottubru 2018, tal-Isqof Malti Charles Gauci, Isqof tad-djoċesi ta’ Darwin, l-Awstralja. L-Isqof Gauci gie milqugħ fl-Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta mill-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi, minn Mons. Philip Calleja u Mons. Alfred Vella mill-Kummissjoni Emigranti, u mill-qraba tiegħu. Mons. Gauci, li twieled fl-1952, ġie ordnat saċerdot fl-1977 u kkonsagrat isqof fis-26 ta’ Settembru li għadda. Hu kien emigra lejn l-Awstralja mal-ġenituri tiegħu fl-1965 fl-età ta’ 13-il sena…

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