Yearly Archives: 2026

European Catechetical Congress – Catechesis for Encounter and for Peace

Congress of the Équipe Européenne de Catéchèse

12/06/2026   Corato, Italy

Rev. Prof. Carl-Mario Sultana convened and addressed the biennial Congress of the Équipe Européenne de Catéchèse of which he is the President. The meeting was held in Corato, near Bari in Italy and between 3 and 8 June 2026. It brought together more than 60 participants from more than 17 European countries. The participants were either national directors of Catechesis and/or Religious Education in their countries or academics in higher educational institutions in Catechetics and/or Religious Education… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 12th June 2026, 9:30am

12/06/2026   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: 12th June

12/06/2026

Sacred Heart of Jesus – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Deuteronomy 7:6-11
Psalm: 103(102):1-2,3-4,6-7,8,10
Second Reading: 1 John 4:7-16

Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30

At that time Jesus exclaimed, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will… Read more »

Pope at the Sagrada Família underscores need to work for peace

Papal Mass

11/06/2026   Basilica of the Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain

Homily of Holy Father Pope Leo XIV

“Senyor, sobirà nostre, que n’és, de gloriós, el vostre nom per tota la terra!” (Ps 8:1). With the praise of this psalm, so full of joy and wonder, I greet all of you, dear brothers and sisters. I express my gratitude to their Majesties. I thank Cardinal Juan José Omella, Archbishop of Barcelona, as well as my fellow bishops and all those who join us in prayer: priests, deacons and men and women religious… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 11th June 2026, 9:30am

11/06/2026   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: 11th June

11/06/2026

Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 11:21b-26
Psalm: 97:1-6

Gospel: Matthew 10:7-13

Jesus said to his Apostles: “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts; no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick… Read more »

10 Maltese representatives attend Med 26 – Barcelona

Gozo Bishop Anton Teuma and Auxiliary Bishop for Malta Joseph Galea-Curmi among those present

10/06/2026

MED26 – Barcelona is currently taking place during Pope Leo XIV’s visit for the inauguration and blessing of the tallest bell tower of the Sagrada Família Basilica in Spain. The event brings together bishops, theologians, young people, sanctuary rectors and social actors from countries bordering the five shores of the Mediterranean for a series of meetings, working groups and plenary sessions… Read more »

The Pope: Let’s allow nothing to destroy the unity in which God has established us

Midday Prayer

09/06/2026   The Cathedral of the Holy Cross and St Eulalia, Barcelona, Spain

Homily by Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

With great joy I begin my visit by praying Midday Prayer together with you in this Cathedral.

The Second Vatican Council defines the Divine Office as “the voice of the bride herself addressed to her bridegroom” (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 84) and “the prayer which Christ himself together with his body addresses to the Father” (ibid… Read more »

St John’s Co-Cathedral inaugurates ‘Sette Giugno 1919. Memory and Ritual’ exhibition

10/06/2026   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

From 9 June to 10 July 2026, St John’s Co-Cathedral presents ‘Sette Giugno 1919. Memory and Ritual’, an exhibition exploring one of the defining moments of modern Maltese history through remembrance, funerary culture, and material heritage.

The exhibition commemorates the events of 7 June 1919, when social and economic tensions under British colonial rule erupted into unrest in Valletta. Rising food prices, post-war hardship, unemployment, and growing dissatisfaction with the colonial administration culminated in the deaths of four Maltese civilians… Read more »

Mass & Rosary – 10th June 2026, 9:30am

10/06/2026   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 »