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€366,817 collected during the BOV Volleyball Marathon in aid of id-Dar tal-Providenza

The BOV Volleyball Marathon ended at midnight Sunday but not before raising the sum of €366,817.

Forty players went through fifty-three hours of volleyball that was officially whistled in at six in the evening on Friday by the Minister for Inclusion, Voluntary Organisations and Consumer Rights, Julia Portelli and continued non-stop since then.

Fr Martin thanked the people of Malta and Gozo, that once again responded with so much generosity to the call for fundraising for the Home through the Volleyball Marathon… Read more »

Archbishop visits St Michael Hospice

Church property to help patients in need of palliative care

Earlier today, Archbishop Charles Scicluna visited the St Michael Hospice in Santa Venera which is nearing completion and is expected to receive its first patients towards the end of this year. The premises, previously known as Adelaide Cini Institute, cover approximately 15,000 square metres and were given to Hospice Malta by the Church in 2018. The aim is to transform it into the first complex in Malta to provide holistic, palliative care that respects the right to life and human dignity… Read more »

Valletta Soup Kitchen wins 2023 European Citizen’s Prize

The Soup Kitchen OFM Valletta is the winner of the 2023 European Citizen’s Prize, having been nominated by MEP David Casa.

“The Franciscan Friars began operating the Soup Kitchen OFM Valletta project in 2021, soon after inflation of food prices drove those on the periphery to seek aid.”

Casa, who had led negotiations on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) as part of the ESF+ regulation, said that food inflation was a pressing challenge in today’s economy… Read more »

Meeting about the synod by Cardinal Mario Grech

Nhar is-Sibt 8 ta’ Lulju se ssir laqgħa dwar is-Sinodu tas-Sinodalità mmexxija mill-Kardinal Mario Grech, Segretarju Ġenerali tas-Sinodu. Il-laqgħa, bit-tema ‘Il-Proċess Sinodali hu twettiq tal-Konċilju Vatikan II’, qed issir peress li tnieda d-dokument Instrumentum Laboris tas-Sinodu fl-20 ta’ Ġunju.

Fil-laqgħa se jkun hemm aġġornament tal-aħħar żviluppi fil-Mixja Sinodali, u kif din qed tkompli fuq dak li beda l-Konċilju Vatikan II, li fetaħ 60 sena ilu… Read more »

Waslet il-BOV Volleyball Marathon b’risq id-Dar tal-Providenza

The BOV Marathon in aid of Dar tal-Providenza is back again with 53 hours of non-stop games at the home’s car park in Siġġiewi. The 13th edition of the marathon starts today, Friday 30th June at 6pm and ends at midnight on the 2nd of July.

An added attraction this year is sitting volleyball which is an adaptation of the discipline of volleyball in which even persons with disability can take part… Read more »

Casa Fratelli Tutti Inaugurated

Priests from developing countries study in Malta to offer a better service in their home countries

  The Archbishop's Seminary, Tal-Virtù

Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi inaugurated and blessed Casa Fratelli Tutti, a house which welcomes priests from poor countries who wish to read for a Licentiate in Pastoral Theology within the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta. The aim of Casa Fratelli Tutti is for the Church in Malta and the University to provide foreign priests with the opportunity to continue their studies in Malta, despite the financial and cultural challenges they may face… Read more »

300 paintings form a map of the world at the MSSP primary school

F’intervista waqt edizzjoni oħra tal-programm What’s On Newsbook, li jixxandar kuljum f’nofsinhar fuq 103 Malta’s Heart, ir-Rettur tal-iskola tal-Missjunarji ta’ San Pawl fir-Rabat Fr Clinton Farrugia spjega x’kien il-ħsieb wara t-300 tpinġija li ffurmaw il-mappa tad-dinja fuq wieħed mill-ħitan tal-iskola.

Fr Clinton stqarr li bħala parti miċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet f’għeluq l-10 snin mill-ftuħ tal-iskola primarja tal-MSSP li għalihom kienu “barka li nservu lil dawn it-tfal” xtaqu jagħmlu proġett oriġinali f’liema proġett it-tfal ikunu protagonisti… Read more »

Thirteen graduate from Caritas Malta drugs rehabilitation programme

Thirteen people have successfully completed a residential drug rehabilitation programme run by Caritas Malta, celebrating their progress in a graduation ceremony at the San Blas Therapeutic Community on Friday evening.

The ceremony was attended by President George Vella and his two direct predecessors, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca and George Abela, Bishop Joseph Galea Curmi and the director of Caritas Malta from 1977 to 2014, Mgr Victor Grech… Read more »

Date for the blessing of pregnant women at the Ta’ Pinu Sanctuary announced

F’Għawdex se jkun qed isir ir-Rit tat-Tberik tat-Tarbija fil-Ġuf li se jitmexxa mill-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Anton Teuma.

Dan ir-rit se jsir nhar il-Ħadd 25 ta’ Ġunju fis-6.30pm fis-Santwarju tal-Madonna Ta’ Pinu.

Dar Ġużeppa Debono u l-Komunità Anawim qed jistiednu lil dawk il-koppji u familji li qed jistennew tarbija għal din il-quddiesa. Wara r-Rit, se jkun hemm mument flimkien fuq iz-zuntier tas-Santwarju… Read more »

Special collection for the charitable work of Pope Francis

On Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June 2023, all parishes in Malta will be collecting offerings for Peter’s Pence, the traditional collection to support the charitable work of Pope Francis to help our suffering brothers and sisters as well as to support the work of the Holy See around the world.

What is Peter’s Pence?

Peter’s Pence is the name given to the financial support offered by the faithful to the Holy Father as a sign of their sharing in the concern of the Successor of Peter for the many different needs of the Universal Church and for the relief of those most in need… Read more »