Yearly Archives: 2019

The Catholic identity is love – Resisting a politics of hate and exclusion: a Catholic counter-narrative

Statement by the Justice and Peace Commission

06/06/2019

  • 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…

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Photos: The Auxiliary Bishop’s Pastoral Visit to Ħal Għargħur Parish

06/06/2019

  • 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…

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The Gospel of the day: 6th June

06/06/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • 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…

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President Vella says that the murder of Lassana Cisse is a stain on Malta’s conscience

05/06/2019

  • 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…

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Archbishop inaugurates new studios for Radju Marija

05/06/2019

  • Il-Ġimgħa, 31 ta’ Mejju 2019, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna bierek u fetaħ il-post il-ġdid tal-istazzjon ta’ Radju Marija. L-inawgurazzjoni timmarka wkoll l-24 sena minn meta jxandar Radju Marija f’Malta.

    Iċ-ċerimonja bdiet b’messaġġ ta’ merħba mid-Direttur Fr Antoine Borg li tkellem dwar il-ferħ li issa, wara tant snin, bl-għajnuna ta’ ħafna semmiegħa u benefatturi jista’ jxandar f’post aktar addattat għall-missjoni ta’ Radju Marija…

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The Gospel of the day: 5th June

05/06/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Acts 20, 28-38
    Psalm: 67 (68), 29-30.33-35a.35b-36c

    Gospel: Jn 17, 11b-19

  • Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying: “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are. When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled…

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Tiny Miracles: Premature babies attest to the dignity of life

04/06/2019

  • Above, Saybie, shown happy at home, was released last week from Sharp Mary Birch Hospital’s NICU. Below, Anna and Jesse Ray’s son Joshua is shown at two days old, weighing less than 4 pounds. He is now a healthy teenager. 

     

  • He weighed less than 10 ounces when he was delivered by emergency caesarean at 24 weeks and five days…

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“Faith is not a distraction or a getaway from our responsibilities” – The Auxiliary Bishop

Quddiesa mal-komunità ta' Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq bħala parti mill-Viżta Pastorali f'Ħal Għargħur

04/06/2019
  • L-omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi

  • Il-Knisja ta’ Santa Marija tal-Anġli, Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq
    1 ta’ Ġunju 2019

    Aktarx li xi darba jew oħra rajna stampa jew pittura tal-festa tal-lum. Kemm-il darba, f’din il-festa tat-Tlugħ fis-sema tal-Mulej, Ġesù jidher maqtugħ mill-art u l-appostli jħarsu lejh iċċassati.

    Kellhom għalfejn jiċċassaw f’din il-ġrajja straordinarja meta raw lil Ġesù jberikhom u fl-istess waqt iħallihom biex jitla’ s-sema…

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The Gospel of the day: 4th June

04/06/2019
  • Readings of the day

  • First Reading: Acts 20, 17-27
    Psalm: 67 (68), 10-11.20-21

    Gospel: Jn 17, 1-11a

  • Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to all you gave him…

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“Be an instrument through which Jesus calls each one of us” – The Archbishop to the new archpriest of Siġġiewi

Quddiesa tal-pussess ta' Dun Josef Mifsud, l-arċipriet il-ġdid tal-parroċċa tas-Siġġiewi

03/06/2019
  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna


  • Il-Knisja Parrokkjali, is-Siġġewi
    2 ta’ Ġunju 2019

    Ir-rakkont ta’ San Luqa mill-Ktieb tal-Atti tal-Appostli pprova jispjega l-misteru li qegħdin niċċelebraw imma fl-istess ħin jagħtina rakkont li għandu messaġġ għalina llum. Id-dixxipli kienu draw jiltaqgħu ma’ Ġesù fl-irxoxt tiegħu; għal 40 jum dehrilhom, għallimhom, u pperswadiehom li ma kienx fantażma imma dak li ġara f’Ħadd il-Għid kien avveniment ta’ vera u mhux ħrafa tal-bnedmin, imma ġrajja ta’ vera…

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