Monthly Archives: September 2019

Agreement with Government for residential services in the Church homes for the elderly renewed

30/09/2019

  • L-iffirmar ta’ tiġdid ta’ ftehim bejn l-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta u s-Segretarjat Parlamentari għal Persuni b’Diżabilità u Anzjanità Attiva, biex jiġu pprovduti servizzi residenzjali għall-anzjani fid-Djar tal-Knisja. Dan il-ftehim għall-perjodu ta’ tliet snin jistabbilixxi x-xiri ta’ 181 sodda, li minnhom 167 sodda ser jintużaw għal kura residenzjali fit-tul, filwaqt li 14-il sodda ser jintuzaw għal servizzi ta’ respite għal anzjani b’dipendenza għolja u medja…

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Live: Mass to inaugurate the new forensic year

30/09/2019
  • It-Tlieta, l-1 ta’ Ottubru 2019, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa għall-membri tal-ġudikatura fil-ftuħ tas-Sena Forensi 2019-2020. Il-Quddiesa ser issir fl-Oratorju tal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fid-9am. 

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Liturgical celebrations to be led by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna in October 2019

30/09/2019

  • It-Tlieta, 1 ta’ Ottubru, fid‑9:00 a.m., l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa fil‑ftuħ tas‑Sena Forensi, fl‑Oratorju tal‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta. Il‑Quddiesa ser tixxandar live fuq il‑Youtube Channel tal‑Knisja f’Malta.

    L-Erbgħa 2 ta’ Ottubru, fl-10:30 a.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa f’Jum l-Armata, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Il‑Quddiesa ser tixxandar live fuq il‑Youtube Channel tal‑Knisja f’Malta…

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Initiatives by lay persons in our communities should be remembered and blessed – The Archbishop

Quddiesa fil-festa ta' San Mikiel Arkanġlu fl-okkażjoni taċ-ċerimonja tal-għoti tal-Istitut Adelaide Cini lil Hospice Malta għat-twaqqif ta' St Michael Hospice.

30/09/2019
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna

  • Il-Kappella tas-Sagra Familja, fl-Istitut Adelaide Cini, Sta Venera
    29 ta’ Settembru 2019

    Dejjem laqatni l-fatt li Ġesù meta jirrakkonta din il-parabbola, li għandha żewġ protagonisti, wieħed minnhom iħallih bla isem – l-għani – imma lill-fqir jagħtih l-isem tal-ikbar ħabib li kellu – ta’ Lazzru li mbagħad kellu wkoll iqajmu mill-imwiet…

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Pope to consecrate Mgr Antoine Camilleri and three others as bishops on October 4

30/09/2019

  • Pope Francis will consecrate four bishops on October 4, 2019, at a Mass at 5 pm in St. Peter’s Basilica: three apostolic nuncios – two Italians and a Maltese – and the Czech Undersecretary of the Migration and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for the service of integral human development.

    They are:

    – Mgr. Michael Czerny, of the Company of Jesus, 73, from Brno, Czech Republic…

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The Gospel of the day: 30th September

30/09/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Zech 8, 1-8
    Psalm: 101 (102), 16-18.19-21.29 & 22-23

    Gospel: Lk 9, 46-50

  • An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Jesus realised the intention of their hearts and took a child and placed it by his side and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me…

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No person should end up on the scrap heap of history – Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Mass celebrated on Migrants and Refugees Day

29/09/2019
  • Homily by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

  • Holy Cross Church, Floriana
    Sunday 29th September, 2019

    At the heart of the Church in Malta’s vast mission for the respect of the dignity of the whole person, the work with migrants and refugees surely stands out. This service which has always been conducted in silence, has lasted for nearly 70 years when the Malta Emigrants Commission…

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Church hands over property to Hospice Malta

Work to commence on Malta’s first state-of-the-art St Michael Hospice

29/09/2019

  • Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna formally handed over the Church premises known as Adelaide Cini Institute in St Venera to the Chairperson of Hospice Malta, Maria Gatt, for the establishment of St Michael Hospice, the first state-of-the-art complex to provide comprehensive palliative care.

    The ceremony was held on the feast of St Michael the Archangel, on Sunday 29th September, in the same building in which the first patients are expected to be received in two years’ time following the necessary renovation works…

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The Sunday Gospel: 29th September

29/09/2019
  • The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Amos 6, 1a. 4-7
    Psalm: 145 (146), 7.8-9a.9bc-10
    Second Reading: 1 Tim 6, 11-16

    Gospel: Lk 16, 19-31

  • Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day…

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Live: Handing over ceremony of Adelaide Cini Institute to Hospice Malta

28/09/2019
  • L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jgħaddi formalment l-Istitut Adelaide Cini f’Sta Venera lil Hospice Malta, għat-twaqqif ta’ kumpless ta’ kura paljattiva bl-isem ta’ St Michael Hospice. Iċ-ċerimonja tibda
    fl-10:30 a.m.
  • L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa fil-festa ta’ San Mikiel Arkanġlu, fl-Istitut Adelaide Cini, Sta Venera. Il-Quddiesa tibda fil-11:00 a.m.

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