News from the Church in Malta
The Archdiocese of Malta is publishing the 2025 diary which includes pages for each day and month, the daily Mass Scripture references, village feast dates in Malta and Gozo, and contact details of parishes and Church entities. A special prayer for each month of the year is also included, with a focus on the Jubilee of Hope that shall be celebrated in 2025. The diary is in Maltese… Read more »
Entities, parishes, organisations, and groups that form part of the Church in Malta are invited to share stories of impactful events, activities, and initiatives happening within their communities. People who can be an inspiration to others are also invited to share their experiences.
This invitation aims to encourage participation, highlight milestones and share resources to spread the church’s mission and connect more meaningfully with society… Read more »
For 2024, the Bishops of Malta and Gozo are proposing that as a country, and as Christians, we ought to reflect on the five gifts of God that Dun Karm Psaila, the national poet, reminds us of in Malta’s national anthem: sound judgement, mercy, health, unity and peace. This reflection is particularly significant as this year, Malta celebrates 60 years of independence and 50 years as a republic… Read more »
The Archdiocese of Malta is publishing the 2024 diary which includes pages for each day and month, the daily Mass Scripture references, village feast dates in Malta and Gozo, and contact details of parishes and Church entities. It also provides thoughtful reflections. The diary is in Maltese.
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Diary Details:
Order your diary by the 10th November 2023 …
The Archdiocese of Malta is pleased to announce the publication of the sixth edition of Kelma ta’ Ħabib, a collection of homilies and messages by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna in 2020. This book consists of 700 pages, including 50 pages of colour photographs taken during various celebrations held in parishes and other activities.
Through his simple but profound words, grounded in the Gospel, the Archbishop invites us to take care of each other in every possible way and to remember those who are most in need… Read more »
Holy Lent, 40 days of prayer and penitence, in preparation for the celebration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection from the dead of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Lent is also a journey that we should experience as a journey of liberation by which we are freed from all that weighs us down and open our hearts to God and our neighbour. Ideally, this journey is based on three practices that are important to the Lord: charity, prayer and fasting, which, if coming from the heart, should make the journey one of conversion and renewal… Read more »
The week between Christmas and New Year is a time when nobody knows exactly what they should be doing. People catch up on Christmas shopping and try to benefit from the best discounts, others go to lunch and dinner with different sides of the family, or on holiday for a few days; students try to catch up on assignments and parents cannot wait for their children to go back to school… Read more »
If you have ever been in a cave, you’d know that it is not the most enjoyable place to be – the darkness, the insects, the dust, the trash, the dirt. Entering caves is an adventure in itself and not an experience that just about anyone would jump to.
My heart is sometimes the same, filled with the remnants of what was once alive, memories that are rotting in the corners, and undealt with trash lying around… Read more »
Very often, we forget to love.
When we are in a hurry and stuck in traffic;
when someone skips us in a queue at the supermarket;
when our delivery order is late;
when the bank just won’t answer our calls;
when a family member says the wrong thing at Sunday lunch.
Situations provoke anything but love within us sometimes… Read more »
The first day of a new year.
The first day of school.
The first day of summer.
The first day of the Christmas holidays.
The first Sunday of Advent.
The first day of any new period is considered to be a fresh opportunity to do something new; to take up a new habit; to eliminate tendencies that are not allowing us to move forward; a time to set new goals and stick to them… Read more »
