Yearly Archives: 2022

Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees – Pope Francis

Message of Pope Francis for the 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2022

24/09/2022

Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

Heb 13:14

Dear brothers and sisters!

The ultimate meaning of our “journey” in this world is the search for our true homeland, the Kingdom of God inaugurated by Jesus Christ, which will find its full realization when he comes in glory. His Kingdom has not yet been brought to fulfilment, though it is already present in those who have accepted the salvation he offers us… Read more »

More than 12 courses offered by PFI in first semester 2022/2023

24/09/2022

Fl‑ewwel semestru tas‑sena akkademika li se tibda f’Ottubru li ġej, l‑Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali se joffri aktar minn 12‑il kors li se jiġu offruti b’modi differenti: personalment, hybrid u online. Il‑korsijiet huma:

  • Benedictine Spirituality Today: introduzzjoni dwar il‑ħajja, it‑tagħlim u l‑kitbiet ta’ San Benedittu ta’ Nocia. Dan il‑kors se jkun mifrux fuq disa’ ġimgħat.
  • Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults: kors indirizzat għal kull min hu f’kuntatt ma’ tfal jew adulti vulnerabbli jew jamministra d‑dettalji tagħhom…

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The Gospel of the day: 24th September

24/09/2022

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ecclesiastes11:9 – 12:8
Psalm: 89 (90):3-4,5-6,12-13,14 & 17

Gospel: Luke 9:43b-45

While they were all amazed at his every deed, he said to his disciples, “Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.”

But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying… Read more »

Life Network urges government to lawyer up as US woman denied abortion opens court case

23/09/2022

Life Network Foundation Malta has called on the government to “choose top legal advisers to defend life” as a US woman who was denied a request to terminate a non-viable pregnancy in Malta has initiated a constitutional court case.

Andrea Prudente and her partner were on holiday in Malta to celebrate the upcoming birth of their daughter last June, but she suffered symptoms of a miscarriage, including heavy bleeding, and her waters broke prematurely… Read more »

Holy Mass & Rosary – 23rd September 2022, 9:30am

23/09/2022   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.

Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »

The Gospel of the day: 23rd September

23/09/2022

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
Psalm: 42 (43):1,2,3,4

Gospel: Luke 9:18-22

Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’”

Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Messiah of God.” He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone… Read more »

Contingency plan for St Albert the Great College

22/09/2022

The Archdiocese of Malta is preparing a contingency plan to cater for students and staff of St Albert the Great College within its educational structures should the school not be in a position to function at the beginning of the 2022/23 scholastic year. 

The Archdiocese, through its Secretariat for Catholic Education, has for several weeks been actively involved in talks aimed at identifying a way forward acceptable to all parties following the decision by the Dominican Order — which owns and operates the college — to dismiss its former headmaster but is disappointed to note that the issue has not been resolved just days ahead of the new term… Read more »

Your face, Lord, I will seek – Bishop Galea-Curmi

22/09/2022   Mass at Iklin

Quddiesa Livestream CJS 31/03/20 INP_0058 31 Mar 2020 161202 L-omelija tal-Isqof Joseph Galea-Curmi

Fil-ktieb ta’ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, ippubblikat kważi tmenin sena ilu (1943), u li baqa’ ktieb imfittex u ta’ ispirazzjoni kbira, hemm djalogu bejn il-volpi u l-prinċep, u l-volpi jgħidlu: ħa ngħidlek sigriet – “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

Ftakart f’din is-silta proprju fl-aħħar sentenza tal-Evanġelju tal-lum skont San Luqa, meta jgħid li Erodi beda jfittex li jara lil Ġesù (Lq 9:9)… Read more »

Id-Dar tal-Providenza celebrates 57 years of service to Maltese society

22/09/2022

L-Isqof Emeritus ta’ Garissa fil-Kenja, Mons. Joseph Alessandro qal li d-Dar tal-Providenza hija eżempju ċar ta’ kif Alla fil-providenza tiegħu jinqeda bil-bnedmin u jagħti ħafna opportunitajiet biex jagħmlu l-ġid lil ħaddieħor. Huwa qal dan waqt l-omelija tiegħu fiż-żjara li għamel fid-Dar tal-Providenza t-Tnejn, 19 ta’ Settembru 2022.

L-Isqof żar din id-dar fl-okkażjoni tal- 57 anniversarju mit‑twaqqif tad‑Dar u l‑beatifikazzjoni tal‑Papa Ġwanni Pawlu I, li Villa Papa Luciani ġġib kunjomu… Read more »

Holy Mass & Rosary – 22nd September 2022, 9:30am

22/09/2022   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.

Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »