Yearly Archives: 2019

Church Schools Entry 2020

More than 1,500 vacant positions for students

16/11/2019

Ir‑regolamenti għad‑Dħul fl‑Iskejjel tal‑Knisja għas‑sena skolastika 2020 ‑ 2021 ġew ippubblikati (agħfas hawn biex taċċessa r-regolamenti) . B’kollox ser ikun hemm 1,528 post vakanti għall‑istudenti. L‑applikazzjonijiet jistgħu jsiru online jew f’xi wħud mill‑iskejjel tal‑Knisja kif indikat fir‑regolamenti. L‑applikazzjonijiet tal‑ewwel kriterju jsiru f’Novembru 2019, l‑applikanti l‑oħra jsiru f’Jannar u Frar tal‑2020.

Il‑proċess tad‑dħul fl‑iskejjel tal‑Knisja jiddetermina d‑dħul fl‑ewwel u t‑tieni sena kindergarten, fl‑ewwel sena primarja u fl‑ewwel sena sekondarja… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 16th November

16/11/2019

Readings of the day

First Reading: Wis 18, 14-16; 19, 6-9
Psalm: 104 (105), 2-3.36-37.42-43

Gospel: Lk 18, 1-8

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’

For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’”

The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says… Read more »

Pope urges concrete, urgent action to prevent abuse of minors in digital world

15/11/2019

Pope Francis on Thursday addressed participants in an international congress in the Vatican on the theme, “Promoting Digital Child Dignity From Concept to Action, From 2017 to 2019”.

Pope Francis on Thursday called on experts in science and technology, the media, businesses, legislators, parents, religious leaders and others to join hands to take concrete and urgent action to protect children from criminal violence and harm in the digital world… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 15th November

15/11/2019

Readings of the day

First Reading: Wis 13, 1-9
Psalm: 18, 2-3.4-5

Gospel: Lk 17, 26-37

Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all… Read more »

The spiritual betrayal experienced by victims of abuse – The Archbishop

An interview by John Allen, editor-in-chief of Crux online

13/11/2019   University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

Segwi t-taħdita pubblika mal-Arċisqof fil-filmat (fuq)

L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna lbieraħ ġie intervistat minn John Allen, il-kap editur tal-gazzetta online Crux, dwar il-ġlieda kontra l-abbuż sesswali minn membri tal-kleru. L-Arċisqof kien il-mistieden tal-Università ta’ Notre Dame f’Indiana, l-Istati Uniti, għal taħdita pubblika li għaliha attendew mijiet ta’ persuni fosthom għadd kbir ta’ studenti universitarji. 

Waqt l-intervista l-Arċisqof semma’ kif ftit tal-jiem ilu, waqt li kien il-Messiku għall-kungress għall-Amerika Latina dwar il-protezzjoni tat-tfal, huwa ltaqa’ mill-ġdid ma’ Juan Carlos Cruz, wieħed mill-vittmi li kien iltaqa’ miegħu meta mar iċ-Ċilì fuq talba tal-Papa Franġisku… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 14th November

14/11/2019

Readings of the day

First Reading: Wis 7, 22 – 8,1
Psalm: 118 (119), 89.90.91.130.135.175

Gospel: Lk 17, 20-25

Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.”

Then he said to his disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it… Read more »

Conference on Religious Education: challenges and action

12/11/2019   Institute of Education, Pembroke

Fit- 12 ta’ Novembru 2019, l-Uffiċjali Edukattivi tas-suġġett tal-Edukazzjoni Reliġjuża flimkien mas-Segretarjat għall-Edukazzjoni Reliġjuża, tellgħu konferenza bl-isem ‘Religious Education, Challenges and Actions’. Din il-konferenza kompliet fuq l-impenn tas-suġġett biex ikompli jiġġedded kemm fl-aspett metodoloġiku, kif ukoll fil-preżentazzjoni tal-kotba li jużaw l-istudenti mhux biss fis-settur primarju u medju li nbidlu fl-aħħar snin, imma anke issa f’dak sekondarju.

Fil-fatt f’din il-konferenza tnieda għall-ewwel darba s-sillabu l-ġdid tal-edukazzjoni reliġjuża tal-eżami ordinarju tal-matrikola flimkien mal-ktieb li se jakkumpanja dan is-sillabu… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 13th November

13/11/2019

Readings of the day

First Reading: Wis 6, 1-11
Psalm: 81 (82), 3-4.6-7

Gospel: Lk 17, 11-19

As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he travelled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voice, saying, “Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” And when he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.”

As they were going they were cleansed… Read more »

A successful life – Bishop Galea-Curmi to the new graduates

Thanksgiving Mass on the occasion of the graduation of the University of Malta students

12/11/2019   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

L-Omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi

Jum il-Gradwazzjoni hu jum li fih niċċelebraw is-suċċess. Intom illum bir-raġun qed tiċċelebraw, u aħna lkoll magħkom, għax wasaltu fi tmiem l-istudji tagħkom b’suċċess. Għandkom għal xiex tifirħu! Dan is-suċċess ma ġiex waħdu, imma kien frott ta’ snin ta’ studju, kultant ta’ żmien diffiċli u ta’ ostakli li żgur iltqajtu magħhom u li għelibtu biex stajtu taslu sat-tmiem.

Huma ħafna dawk il-persuni li għandkom tirringrazzjaw ta’ dan is-suċċess tagħkom f’Jum il-Gradwazzjoni… Read more »

Armenian Catholic priest and his father shot dead in Syria

12/11/2019

Armenian Catholic Father Hovsep Bedoyan is shot dead by so-called Islamic State militants in northeastern Syria.

Gunmen shot dead an Armenian Catholic priest and his father as they were traveling in a car in northeastern Syria.  The attack was claimed by the so-called Islamic State group.

Father Hovsep Bedoyan, the head of the Armenian Catholic community in the the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli near the border with Turkey, and his father, Abraham Bedoyan, were heading to the province of Deir Al-Zor when they came under attack on Monday, November 11… Read more »