Yearly Archives: 2025

The formation of priests in the past: two new books by Fr. Frans Bonnici

14/10/2025

Fil-jiem li ġej se ssir it-tnedija ta’ żewġ kotba minn Dun Frans Bonnici dwar  il-formazzjoni tal-Kleru Malti fis-snin imgħoddija. Għall-ktieb The Academic Formation  of Maltese Priests in the University of Malta 1838-1938 saret riċerka fil-Librerija  Nazzjonali, fil-Melitensia tal-Università ta’ Malta u fl-Arkivju Nazzjonali.  

Għal Seminarium Puerorum: The Seminary of the Diocese of Malta 1703-1803, saret  riċerka fid-dokumentazzjoni li hemm fl-Arkivju tal-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, is-Seminarju,  il-Kapitlu tal-Katidral u l-Arkivju Apostoliku tal-Vatikan.  

Dawn ir-riċerki juru kif il-formazzjoni fis-Seminarju u fl-Università ta’ Malta wasslet biex  is-saċerdoti Maltin jaqdu l-ministeru pastorali fid-Djoċesi ta’ Malta… Read more »

Let’s protect God’s creation, not destroy it – Bishop Galea‑Curmi

Interdiocesan Environment Commission Conference

11/10/2025   Dar il-Ħanin Samaritan, Santa Venera

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta

When Pope Francis published Laudato Si’ ten years ago, he offered the world not only an encyclical, but a prophetic call – a cry of both the earth and the poor. He reminded us that “everything is connected” (Laudato Si’, 91), that the ecological crisis is not separate from the moral, social, and spiritual crises of our age… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 14th October 2025, 9:30am

14/10/2025   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: 14th October

14/10/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Romans 1:16-25
Psalm: 18 (19):2-3,4-5

Gospel: Luke 11:37-41

In those days, while Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to dine with him; so he went in and took his place at the table. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not first wash before dinner. 

Then the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.  … Read more »

The Pope during the Marian Prayer Vigil: Peace is a journey, and God walks with you

Jubilee of Marian Spirituality Prayer Vigil and Rosary for Peace

11/10/2025   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Meditation of the Holy Father Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

This evening, we gather in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, just as the early Church in Jerusalem did (cf. Acts 1:14).  Let us all together, persevere tirelessly in praying for peace, a God-given gift that we must strive to receive and to which we must make a strong commitment… Read more »

Let us pray for rain

13/10/2025

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta

F’ċirkulari maħruġa mill-Kurja tal-Arċisqof nhar it-12 ta’ Ottubru, 2025, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi fakkarna li qed jinħass ħafna n-nuqqas ta’ xita f’pajjiżna, tant li numru ta’ bdiewa u persuni oħra wrew ix-xewqa li nitolbu għax-xita tant meħtieġa.

Għalhekk tkun f’waqtha li lkoll flimkien inqiegħdu quddiem il-Mulej it-talb tagħna biex ikollna xita fejjieda, f’ħinha u f’waqtha, li tagħmel il-ġid… Read more »

“I heard them speak against someone who’s in hospital” – Luca Fenech

13/10/2025

Waqt il-programm The Handbook fuq RTK103, Luca Fenech qal li qatt m’għandna niġġudikaw la qatt ma nkunu nafu l-istorja kollha u rrakkonta meta semagħhom jgħidu kontra persuna li kien jaf li dak iż-żmien kienet l-isptar.

Il-mistednin ta’ The Handbook ta’ din il-ġimgħa huma Ian Borg u Luca Fenech. The Handbook jixxandar kuljum fuq RTK103 fil-05.30, fis-12:40, fis-19.20 u fid-21.30, kif ukoll fuq Facebook permezz tal-paġna The Handbook… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 13th October 2025, 9:30am

13/10/2025   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: 13th October

13/10/2025

Readings of the day

First Reading: Romans 1:1-7
Psalm: 97 (98):1,2-3ab,3cd-4

Gospel: Luke 11:29-32

When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation. The queen of the South will rise at the judgement with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and see, something greater than Solomon is here! 

The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and see, something greater than Jonah is here!” Read more »

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Let’s be guardians, not destroyers – Bishop Galea-Curmi

Malta’s beauty is not an infinite resource; it is fragile and finite, and once lost, it cannot be rebuilt

12/10/2025

Message by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Malta – once known for its clear seas, rich biodiversity, and vibrant countryside – is now a changed land. Concrete keeps spreading, natural spaces are vanishing, and the sea itself bears the wounds of pollution and slime. It is time to understand something basic: we are destroying the very land and sea that sustain us. The protection of creation is not a luxury, a talking point, or a political slogan… Read more »