Yearly Archives: 2018

The Gospel of the day: 2nd August

  • Saint Matthew 13:47-53 

    Jesus said to the disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age…

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Liturgical Celebrations to be led by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna during August 2018

  • Il‑Ġimgħa 3 ta’ Awwissu, fis‑7:30 p.m., l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jmexxi velja ta’ talb fil‑parroċċa ta’ San Ġużepp Ħaddiem, Birkirkara, bi tħejjija għall‑Ordinazzjoni Episkopali ta’ Mons. Joseph Galea‑Curmi, Isqof Awżiljarju Elett. Il‑velja ser tixxandar ‘live’ fuq il‑Youtube Channel tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta.

    Is‑Sibt 4 ta’ Awwissu, fis‑7:00 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jagħti l‑Ordinazzjoni Episkopali lill‑Mons. Joseph Galea‑Curmi, Isqof Awżiljarju Elett, fil‑Katidral ta’ San Pawl l‑Imdina…

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What is the difference between a cathedral, a basilica and a shrine?

  • Every diocese in the Catholic world has a cathedral it is the chief church of the diocese, the bishop’s church. It is not uncommon to hear someone refer mistakenly to an especially large or magnificent church as a cathedral. But it isn’t size or décor that matters, its the bishop. That said, there is one physical feature that sets a cathedral apart from all the other churches in the diocese: the bishop’s throne, which is usually set on a raised platform within the sanctuary…

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The Gospel of the day: 1st August

  • Saint Matthew 13:44-46 

    Jesus said to his disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 

    Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it”…

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Launch of Catholic Voices Malta

  • Following the training of over 25 lay persons Catholic Voices Malta joins the Catholic Voices international team, a network of 21 countries spread all over the world.

    The group, concluded a training program supported by Catholic Voices UK and includes lawyers, home-makers, members of the medical profession, educators, entrepreneurs, a social worker, an architect and a psychologist amongst others…

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Learning to ‘love your enemy’ in a Soviet labour camp

  • “I can honestly say that the labor camp was the best place to understand what ‘love your enemy’ really means,” said Myroslav Marynovych, a Ukrainian Catholic who spent seven years in a Soviet gulag in the Perm region of Russia.

    After receiving the 2018 Charles J. Chaput Award at the Napa Institute conference this month, Marynoych explained to CNA how the gospel came to life for him in the gulag, and how a stint in solitary confinement led him to write a letter to St…

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Programme of the episcopal ordination of Mgr Joseph Galea-Curmi

  • Friday, 3rd August 2018 – Prayer vigil at the parish church of Saint Joseph the Worker, Birkirkara

    7:30 p.m.        Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna leads a prayer vigil in preparation for the Episcopal Ordination of the new Auxiliary Bishop of Malta. During the vigil, Mgr Joseph Galea‑Curmi recites the profession of faith and takes the oath of fidelity…

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The Gospel of the day: 31st July

  • San Mattew 13:36-43 

    Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil…

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“To become a minor basilica in the pontificate of Pope Francis does not mean gilding the church walls, but a call to have hearts of gold” – The Archbishop

Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni tal-għoti tat-titlu ta' bażilika minuri lill-knisja tal-Mosta

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  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

     

  • Bażilika Minuri ta’ Marija Mtellgħa s-Sema, il-Mosta
    29 ta’ Lulju 2018

    “Kien qrib l-Għid, il-festa tal-Lhud” (Ġw 6:4). Fl-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann insibu tliet ċelebrazzjonijiet tal-Għid. Kull sena fit-tliet snin tal-ministeru pubbliku ta’ Ġesù, hija mmarkata fl-Evanġelju ta’ San Ġwann mill-festa tal-Għid…

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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

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    Direttur:          Genndy Tartakovsky

    Ilħna:               Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, David Spade, Steve Buscerni, Keegan-Michael Key, Molly Shannon  u Fran Drescher

    Ħin tal-Film:    97 min

    Maħruġ minn KRS Releasing Ltd

    KLASSIFIKA TAĊ-ĊENSURA:                             PG

    KLASSIFIKA TAL-KNISJA:                                  PG

    Ninsabu fis-sena 1897 fejn niltaqgħu mal-mostri libsin ta’ umani, jivvjaġġaw fuq ferrovija għal Budapest…

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