Yearly Archives: 2024

Pope at Audience: “Jesus Christ, our hope”

18/12/2024   Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City

Catechesis of the Holy Father: Cycle – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our hope. 1. The infancy of Jesus – Genealogy of Jesus (Mt 1:1-17). The entry of the Son of God in history

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

Today we will begin the cycle of catechesis that will continue throughout the Jubilee Year. The theme is “Jesus Christ our Hope”: for He is the aim of our pilgrimage, and He Himself is the way, the path to follow… Read more »

Christmas activity for SDC Youth

19/12/2024

On the occasion of the Christmas Novena, the SDC Youth group gathered at the General House (Blata l-Bajda) on Tuesday, 17 December 2024. This event provided an opportunity for the young people to reflect on how the birth of Baby Jesus strengthens us with hope. Natalino Camilleri shared insights on how every Christian should act as a missionary of hope by sharing in the suffering of others… Read more »

Pope Francis launches Jubilee catechesis: “Jesus Christ, Our Hope”

19/12/2024

Photo: Vatican News

Hekk kif qed toqrob is-Sena tal-Ġublew, il-Papa Franġisku inawgura ċiklu ġdid ta’ katekeżi ċċentrat fuq it-tema “Ġesù Kristu, it-tama tagħna”.

Din is-sensiela se tkopri s-Sena Mqaddsa kollha u tiffoka fuq l-esplorazzjoni tal-ħajja ta’ Ġesù, u tibda mit-tfulija Tiegħu kif irrakkontat fl-Evanġelji ta’ Mattew u Luqa.

Ġesù: L-għan u t-triq

Waqt l-introduzzjoni tal-katekeżi waqt l-Udjenza Ġenerali tiegħu, il-Papa ddeskriva lil Ġesù bħala “l-għan tal-pellegrinaġġ tagħna, u Hu nnifsu huwa t-triq, it-triq li għandna nimxu”… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 19th December 2024

19/12/2024   Il-Kappella tal-Madonna ta' Manresa fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof fil-Furjana

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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: 19th December

19/12/2024

Readings of the day

First Reading: Judges 13:2-7,24-25a
Psalm: 70 (71):3-4a,5-6ab,16-17

Gospel: Luke 1:5-25

In the days of Herod, King of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah of the priestly division of Abijah; his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.  Both were righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly… Read more »

Notice

18/12/2024

Between the 21st of December 2024 and the 5th of January 2025, the Archbishop’s Curia, including the Marriage Office in Floriana, will be closed all day. The Ecclesiastical Tribunal in Valletta will be closed from the 23rd of December 2024 until the 5th of January 2025.

The Curia and the Ecclesiastical Tribunal reopen on Monday, 6th January 2025. Read more »

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Mass & Rosary – 18th December 2024, 9:30am

18/12/2024   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

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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: 18th December

18/12/2024

Readings of the day

First Reading: Jeremiah 23:5-8
Psalm: 71 (72):2,12-13,18-19

Gospel: Matthew 1:18-24

Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly.  … Read more »

Fr Jimmy Bartolo SJ: New Secretary for Jesuit Education

17/12/2024

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The Superior General of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Fr Arturo Sosa has appointed the present Rector of St Aloysius College in Birkirkara, Fr Jimmy Bartolo SJ, as the next Secretary of Education (Secondary and Pre-Secondary) of the universal Society of Jesus.

Fr Bartolo will move to the Jesuits’ General Curia in Rome to start his new mission in January 2026, where he will succeed Fr Josè Alberto Mesa SJ who will have completed more than 15 years as the Secretary for Education… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 17th December 2024, 9:30am

17/12/2024   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 »