Yearly Archives: 2018

Pope Francis invites the faithful to pray the Rosary in October

30/09/2018

  • The following is the full text of a comuniqué released on Saturday by the Holy See’s Press Office regarding an invitation extended by Pope Francis to all the faithful to join in praying the Rosary during the month of October:

    Pope Francis’ invitation

    The Holy Father has decided to invite all the faithful, of all the world, to pray the Holy Rosary every day, during the entire Marian month of October, and thus to join in communion and in penitence, as the people of God, in asking the Holy Mother of God and Saint Michael  Archangel to protect the Church from the devil, who always seeks to separate us from God and from each other…

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Courses for catechists and parents by the Secretariat for Catechesis

30/09/2018

  • Is-Segretarjat għall-Katekeżi tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta qed jorganizza għadd ta’ korsijiet għal dawk kollha involuti fil-formazzjoni tat-tagħlim Nisrani. Il-korsijiet huma miftuħa kemm għall-katekisti u kif ukoll għall-ġenituri tat-tfal li qed jirċievu dan it-tagħlim Nisrani.

     

  • Irtiri għall-katekisti

    L-għan tal-irtir huwa li jagħti opportunità lill-katekisti biex  jirriflettu fuq temi relevanti fil-ministeru tagħhom li jgħinuhom isaħħu u jkabbru r-relazzjoni tagħhom ma’ Ġesù…

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The Sunday Gospel: 30th September

30/09/2018

  • The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Saint Mark 9:38-43.45.47-48 

    John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.” Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us. Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward. 

    Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off…

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The Archbishop asks: Who is Christ for you?

Quddiesa fil-bidu tas-sena skolastika 2018-2019

29/09/2018
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Il-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ San Publiju, il-Furjana
    28 ta’ Settembru 2018

    L-Evanġelju ta’ San Luqa jħobb jirrepeti l-fatt li Ġesù kien jinġabar waħdu jitlob u dan id-dettall mill-ħajja u mir-rutina ta’ Ġesù, San Luqa jfakkru f’mumenti importanti: l-għażla tat-12, it-trasfigurazzjoni u l-agunija fl-ort tal-Ġetsemani…

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The Gospel of the day: 29th September

29/09/2018

  • Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel and Saint Raphael, Archangels – Feast

    Saint John 1:47-51 

    Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him.” Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.” 

    Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? …

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Pro-business at all cost or pro-community?

Reaction by the Church Environment Commission

28/09/2018

  • Like so many other citizens, the Church Environment Commission (KA) is baffled by the decision of the Planning Authority (PA) to approve the extensive project proposed by db Group at St George’s Bay. The KA, like other concerned citizens, had already tabled its objections for the development in its communication dated 30th May 2018.[1] At this point in time, rather than repeating the objections, the KA feels that this decision warrants answers to some serious questions:

    • How can the PA reconcile its decision with its mission of “acting on behalf of the community to provide a balanced and sustainable environment,”[2] when one considers the thousands of objections levelled against this development that were disregarded? …

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Maltese Christians prepare for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2020

28/09/2018

  • Kif kien imħabbar kmieni din is-sena, il-Knejjes Insara f’Malta ġew afdati li jħejju l-materjal għall-Ġimgħa ta’ Talb għall-Għaqda fost l-Insara tas-sena 2020.

    Grupp ta’ 14-il parteċipant immexxi minn Mons. Prof. Hector Scerri, iltaqghu bejn Frar u Mejju li għadda biex iħejju l-abbozz tal-materjal kollu. Ir-rappreżentanti kienu jinkludu Kattoliċi, Anglikani, Presbiterjani, Luterani u Ortodossi f’Malta. Il-materjal intbaghat barra minn Malta biex jiġi evalwat…

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Pre-Synod meeting was ‘life-changing’ for young participant

28/09/2018

  • The Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment will take place in the Vatican from 3-28 October. Katie Prejean McGrady was one of three young people chosen by the US Bishops Conference (USCCB) to participate in the pre-Synodal meeting in Rome in March of 2018. She spoke about her experience during the USCCB annual Spring General Assembly, calling it an “honor to represent the US”…

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How did St Vincent de Paul react when he was hit by another man?

The homily during Holy Mass on the feast of St Vincent de Paul

28/09/2018
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

     


  • Residenza tal-Anzjani San Vinċenz de Paul, Ħal Luqa
    27 ta’ Settembru 2018

    L-Evanġelju li għadu kemm qara Patri Ivan jispiċċa b’din il-frażi: “Erodi qal: ‘Lil Ġwanni qtajtlu rasu; mela min hu dan li fuqu qiegħed nisma’ dan kollu?’ U beda jfittex li jarah” (Lq 9:9)…

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