News from the Church in Malta
Il‑Ħadd 9 ta’ Ġunju, fid‑9:15 a.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa fil-festa tal-Għid il‑Ħamsin fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta. Matulha jamministra s‑Sagrament tal‑Griżma tal‑Isqof lill‑adolexxenti tal‑parroċċi tal‑Belt u l‑parroċċa ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu ta’ Tas‑Sliema.
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Fifty days after Easter, after the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles and the disciples united in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus. As narrated by St Luke in the Acts of the Apostles, this experience is described as a strong wind that filled the upper room where the disciples were gathered, and as tongues of fire that appeared on each and every one of them…
First Reading: Acts 28, 16-20. 30-31
Psalm: 10 (11), 4.5 & 7
Gospel: Jn 21, 20-25
Peter turned and saw the disciple following whom Jesus loved, the one who had also reclined upon his chest during the supper and had said, “Master, who is the one who will betray you?” When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus said to him, “What if I want him to remain until I come? …
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna led a concelebration in remembrance of the four victims of Sette Giugno uprisings at the Chapel of the Addolorata Cemetery, Paola. Also present were the Bishop of Gozo Mario Grech and Archbishop Emeritus Paul Cremona OP.
In his homily, the Archbishop recalled the suffering and the tragedy of our ancestors a hundred years ago in the Sette Giugno riots and emphasized that “today we are not celebrating but rather it is our duty to remember; for it is our duty not to forget even because certain conditions that led to the events in Valletta on the 7th and 8th June 1919, can be repeated today.” He underlined that a century ago the Maltese were faced with the problems of the cost of living, of rents and hunger and the wide gulf that existed between the Maltese who had plenty and the many who had little…
First Reading: Acts 25, 13b-21
Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.11-12.19-20ab
Gospel: Jn 21, 15-19
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He then said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep…
Il-Ġimgħa, 7 ta’ Ġunju 2019, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa b’suffraġju għall-vittmi tas-Sette Giugno 1919, Carmelo Abela, Manuel Attard, Ġużè Bajada u Wenzu Dyer, fl-10am fil-Knisja taċ-Ċimiterju ta’ Sidtna Marija Addolorata f’Raħal Ġdid.
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Following an increase in support for far-right movements, some of which base their arguments on the need to protect our ‘Catholic identity’ as well as recent statements by the Guardian for Future Generations, who justified his call to exclude migrants and Muslims in particular by invoking his desire to live and die in a Catholic country,[1] the Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta feels the need to speak out on our duty as Catholics to resist politics of hate and exclusion…
Bejn it-30 ta’ Mejju u u t-2 ta’ Ġunju 2019, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi għamel Viżta Pastorali fil-Parroċċa ta’ San Bartilmew f’Ħal Għargħur.
Waqt il-Viżta Pastorali l-Isqof Galea-Curmi ltaqa’ mar-residenti ta’ Ħal Għargħur u bierek għadd ta’ familji fid-djar tagħhom bħala parti mill-programm tal-parroċċa għat-tberik tal-Għid. Matul il-Viżta l-Isqof iċċelebra Quddiesa fil-knisja parrokkjali u matulha amministra s-Sagrament tal-Griżma tal-Isqof lil 29 adolexxent…
First Reading: Acts 22, 30; 23, 6-11
Psalm: 15 (16), 1-2a & 5.7-8.9-10.11
Gospel: Jn 17, 20-26
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: “I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me…
Il-President ta’ Malta George Vella ltaqa’ mal-Kummissjoni Emiganti, bi żjara f’Dar l-Emigrant fil-Belt u s-Sorijiet tal-Bon Pastur f’Ħal Balzan, li joffru diversi servizzi b’xejn lill-immigranti li jiġu Malta jfittxu ħajja aħjar minn art twelidhom minħabba gwerra jew faqar.
Il-President Vella ngħata merħba minn Monsinjur Alfred Vella u Monsinjur Philip Calleja mal-wasla tiegħu f’Dar l-Emigrant fil-Belt Valletta. Hawnhekk iltaqa’ mal-immigranti li jibbenefikaw mis-servizzi ta’ din l-għaqda mhux governattiva, filwaqt li tkellem mal-voluntiera li jaħdmu f’dan il-qasam…
