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Applications for ‘other applicants’ for admission to Church schools in Malta and Gozo

Applications for ‘Other Applicants’ for admission to Church schools in Malta and Gozo for the scholastic year commencing in September 2023, will be accepted online as from tomorrow, Wednesday 1st February 2023. There are a total of 933 vacant places for students (858 in Malta and 75 in Gozo). Detailed information about the places offered, the criteria and the documentation required are available in the regulations published last November.  Recently, the circulars indicating the number of places occupied by first criteria applicants were published… Read more »

Pope to Order of Malta: after the divisions, it is time for concord

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is holding an extraordinary Chapter General with 111 members called to elect – under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap and Cardinal Silvano Maria Tomasi, the Pope’s special delegate – the Grand Commander, the Grand Chancellor and the other top positions, on the basis of the new Constitutional Charter and the new Codex Melitense.

Challenge to the worldly mentality

Marking the event, Pope Francis sent a message to the order… Read more »

Seminar regarding gender ideology and the Christian anthropology

Photo: Magda Ehlers

Illum aktar minn qatt qabel it-tifsiriet ta’ x’inhu raġel u x’inhi mara qed jiġu diskussi b’modi differenti. Dan hekk kif hawn min jgħid li jekk inti tħoss li tappartjeni għal ġeneru partikolari, dan jista’ jkun int fil-verità. Imma dan veru? 

X’inhi id-differenza bejn is-sess u l-ġeneru? Xi jfissru l-identità tal-ġeneru u l-orjentazzjoni sesswali?  

Dan kollu se jiġi diskuss minn perspettiva Nisranija waqt seminar organizzat minn Cana Foundation Therapeutic & Support Services, nhar l-4 ta’ Frar bejn id-9am u s-1pm, l-Istitut Kattoliku, il-Furjana… Read more »

Salesians sign agreement guaranteeing residences’ services for youths for three years

Photo: Rogério Martins

The Salesians of Don Bosco and the Social Policy Ministry have signed an agreement which would guarantee services at Dar Alberto Mavelli in Paola and Carlo Gastini residence in Valletta.

The agreement provides for €176,000 investment over three years.

The two projects are aimed at youths who grew up in care homes, and equip the youths with skills and assistance as part of their transition into society… Read more »

Life Network Foundation announces the new Central Distribution Hub for mothers and babies in need

Life Network Foundation is excited to announce the opening of a new Central Distribution Hub for mothers and babies in need. The Hub will be a place where mothers can come to receive help with supplies such as baby food, nappies, baby clothes, and other necessities that they may not be able to afford or have access to. The Hub will also be a place that welcomes, sorts and distributes donations from the community.  … Read more »

Live-in for parish priests 2023: The joy of being a priest

  Mellieħa

Il-kappillani tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta rriflettew fuq it-tema ‘Il-ferħ li tkun saċerdot’ waqt il-live-in annwali. Din is-sena l-live-in, li sar il-Mellieħa, kien iktar ibbażat fuq stil ta’ diskussjoni bit-tir li l-kappillani jkomplu jsaħħu r-relazzjoni bejniethom. Fil-fatt din is-sena l-parteċipanti kienu bilqiegħda madwar mejda u għalhekk kellhom iktar ċans jiddiskutu l-punti li tqajmu bejniethom kif ukoll kuljum ħadu sehem f’sessjonijiet ta’ team building. 

Matul dawn it-tlitt ijiem ta’ riflessjoni u diskussjoni, diversi kelliema u esperti għenu lill-kappillani jifhmu kif jistgħu jieħdu ħsieb dak li jagħmilhom kuntenti bħala saċerdoti kif ukoll jittrasmettu dan il-ferħ, kif jieħdu ħsieb tagħhom infushom u ta’ kappillani oħra billi jżommu kuntatt magħhom, kif ukoll jieħdu ħsieb tas-saċerdoti li jaħdmu fil-parroċċi tagħhom… Read more »

Life Network Foundation announces 7 new residential flatlets for women and children

Photo by PhotoMIX Company

Life Network Foundation, which is dedicated to protecting and empowering women and children, is excited to announce seven new residential flatlets during Life Week 2023. These flatlets have been designed to support and empower mothers and their children who have benefited from living at Dar Tgħanniqa ta’ Omm with their new-born babies but are now ready to make the first step into independent living… Read more »

Preparation for the European continental meeting – Synod on Synodality

The Church of God is currently convoked in synod on the theme ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission’. By means of this convocation, Pope Francis invites the entire Church to reflect on a theme that is decisive for its life and mission.

The Synod process is now in the continental stage that consists of a time of listening and discernment of all of the People of God and of all local Churches on a continental basis, leading to a series of continental assemblies… Read more »

Archbishop Scicluna: Vatican must treat abuse victims better

Victims of abuse by members of the clergy have a right to know how their report is handled, Malta’s Archbishop Charles Scicluna said.

In a National Catholic Reporter interview, Mgr Scicluna admitted the Vatican is not at what he termed “an optimal point” with regard to how it follows up with abuse victims, calling the matter “something that needs to be developed.”

Archbishop Scicluna, who serves as an adjunct secretary for the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and has investigated abuse claims across the world, said: “Most of the suffering I have seen is when victims are left in the dark without any follow-up of the disclosure they have given.”

“We have a law and we have a system which empowers people to disclose abuse or misconduct, but you also have the right to know what happens with their reports,” he said in the interview held just hours after Francis celebrated the historic Vatican funeral for Benedict last week… Read more »

A new collective agreement for Curia employees

  The Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

Il-Kurja tal-Arċisqof u l-Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin innegozjaw u kkonkludew ftehim kollettiv ġdid għall-impjegati tal-Kurja u t-Tribunal Ekkleżjastiku li jkopri s-snin 2023-2025. Dan il-ftehim ġie ffirmat nhar it-12 ta’ Jannar mis-Segretarju Amministrattiv tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta, is-Sur Michael Pace Ross u l-Kap Eżekuttiv tal-UĦM Voice of the Workers, is-Sur Josef Vella. Dan il-ftehim jirrikonoxxi l-kompetenza, l-esperjenza u fuq kollox il-lealtà tal-impjegati eżistenti, filwaqt li għandu l-iskop li jattira talent ġdid… Read more »