News from the Church in Malta
Illum il-Ħadd, 3 ta’ Frar 2019, fil-11:00 a.m., l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa fl-okkażjoni ta’ Jum il-Ħajja, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.
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First Reading: Jer 1, 4-5. 17-19
Psalm: 70 (71), 1-2. 3-4a. 5-6ab. 15ab & 17
Second Reading: 1 Cor 12, 31 – 13, 13
Gospel: Luke 4, 21-30
Jesus began speaking in the synagogue saying: “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth…
Holocaust Memorial Day is Jan. 27, acknowledging the horror committed in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, along with other genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Yet, one family stands apart during this time period: the Ulma family. Joseph (44) and Victoria (32) Ulma hid eight Jews inside their small house, trying to protect them.
VLADIMIRO REDZIOCH
Polish Vatican journalist
“The Polish people were also killed for only helping the Jews…
Illum is-Sibt, 2 ta’ Frar 2019, fil-5:30 p.m., l-Arċsiqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa fil-festa tal-Preżentazzjoni tal-Mulej, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.
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First Reading: Mal 3,1-4
Psalm: 23, 7-10
Second Reading: Heb 2, 14-18
Gospel: Luke 2, 22-40
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord,” and to offer the sacrifice of “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons,” in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord…
Restoration and conservation works have commenced on a number of projects in 15 different parishes in Malta with a capital investment of €2.2 million, co-financed by the European funds. This was announced during a press conference earlier today in front of the Naxxar Parish Church, addressed by the Administrative Secretary of the Archdiocese of Malta Michael Pace Ross and the Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds and Social Dialogue Aaron Farrugia…
Armenian Christians attend a round-the-clock church service in The Hague
The church door was quickly opened and then closed by a pastoral worker. Inside, the congregation sang about a fire that never goes out. They’ve been singing and praying for an Armenian family since October 26th.
The Tamrazyan family — the parents and their three children — say they left Armenia nine years ago after receiving death threats because of the father’s political activism…
First Reading: Hebrews 10, 32-39
Psalm: 36 (37), 3-4.5-6.23-24.39-40
Gospel: Mark 4, 26-34
Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how…
Matul Jannar 2019, l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna żar il-Parroċċa ta’ San Piju X, Santa Luċija.
FIl-bidu tal-Viżta Pastorali huwa ċċelebra Quddiesa fil-knisja parrokkjali u wara ltaqa’ mal-komunità ta’ Santa Luċija, mal-Kunsill Lokali u rappreżentanti tas-soċjetà civili. Waqt il-Viżta, l-Arċisqof kellu wkoll l-opportunità jiltaqa’ mat-tfal u l-adolexxenti, mal-katekisti u l-operaturi pastorali tal-parroċċ, kif ukoll mal-istudenti u l-edukaturi tal-iskola sekondarja fil-Kulleġġ St Thomas More…
