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The 70th Ordinary Provincial Elective Chapter of the Capuchin Brothers of the Province of Malta

01/06/2022

Il-ġimgħa li għaddiet ġie ċċelebrat is-70 Kapitlu Provinċjali Ordinarju Elettiv tal-Aħwa Kapuċċini Maltin. Il-Kapitlu sar fil-kunvent tas-Salib Imqaddes, fil-Furjana bejn is-16 u l-20 ta’ Mejju 2022, u għalih attendew 48 Aħwa Kapuċċini. F’din il-ġimgħa l-Aħwa Kapuċċini kellhom iċ-ċans li flimkien jitolbu, jiddiskutu u anke jfasslu programm għall-futur tal-Provinċja tagħhom.

F’dan il-Kapitlu presedut mill-Kunsillier Ġenerali tal-Ordni tal-Kapuċċini, Patri Pio Murat saru wkoll l-elezzjonijiet tal-ministru provinċjali u anke tal-kunsill tiegħu għat-tliet snin li ġejjin… Read more »

Cardinal Grech in pastoral and synodal visit in Lebanon

31/05/2022

Cardinal Mario Grech has travelled to Lebanon for a pastoral and synodal visit to Lebanon, which will be held between 30 May and 6 June.

The Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops will hold several meetings where the theme of synodality and the contribution of the Maronite Catholic Church will be discussed.

On Monday, Cardinal Grech was welcomed by the Apostolic Nuncio Monsignor Joseph Spiteri and Eparch Mounir Khairallah of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Batroun at the airport… Read more »

Ecumenical service during the Pentecost period

31/05/2022   St Andrew’s Scots Church, Valletta

This Thursday, 2nd June 2022, believers in Jesus Christ from all denominational backgrounds are invited to an ecumenical service at St Andrew’s Scots Church to experience together the freshness of the ongoing Pentecost that started in Jerusalem soon after Christ’s Resurrection and Ascension.

The ecumenical service starts at 6:30pm and is organised by the Christians Together in Malta (Malta Ecumenical Council). This is an opportunity to pray with the other Christians for more of Jesus in your life… Read more »

Easter to Pentecost Reflections – Seventh Sunday of Easter

29/05/2022

Reflection for the Seventh Sunday of Easter by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

Gospel: Lk 24:46-53

Jesus said to his disciples, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.  … Read more »

Life Network: New IVF amendments do not secure healthy babies

Statement by Life Network Malta

29/05/2022

Government’s proposal to introduce embryo selection in the IVF procedure is nothing short of eugenics, as such methods do not deliver a “healthy baby” but provide a tool to enable the selection of which baby will live and which baby will be frozen in perpetuity.

Every embryo created through an IVF cycle is a distinct human being.  Under the proposed procedure every embryo will be tested for possible monogenic disorders… Read more »

Pope to lead Rosary for peace in Ukraine and end to wars worldwide

27/05/2022

Pope Francis, in connection with international shrines worldwide, will lead a Rosary for peace from the Basilica of St Mary Major on 31 May for those suffering the ongoing war in Ukraine and other wars around the world.

Pope Francis will lead a Rosary for peace as a sign of hope for those suffering from the ongoing war in Ukraine and wars around the world… Read more »

Forsaken – an art exhibition inspired by poetry

26/05/2022   Caritas Community Centre, Ħamrun

Wara sentejn Caritas Malta se ttella’ wirja ta’ arti ispirata mill-poeżija ta’ Michael Boffa. Matul il-wirja se jitnieda wkoll il-ktieb tal-poeżiji Forsaken, li jġorr l-istess isem tal-wirja u li jinkludi x-xogħlijiet artistiċi abbinati mal-poeżiji ta’ Boffa.

Il-poeżiji ta’ Boffa nkitbu f’mumenti diffiċli li kien għaddej minnhom u jirriflettu l-emozzjonijiet li kien qed iħoss f’dak iż-żmien. Dawn il-poeżiji, 30 b’kollox, ingħaddew f’idejn 10 artisti u kull poeżija ġiet interpretata f’xogħol ispirat mill-istess poeżija… Read more »

Malta’s first hospice complex heading steadily towards completion

25/05/2022

Works on Malta’s first hospice complex for palliative care services are nearly complete. The project is expected to become fully operational by end 2023. The Board of Governors and Chief Executive Officer of the National Development and Social Fund (NDSF) visited the premises and witnessed the extensive works that have been completed over the past months.

Located in the former Adelaide Cini Institute in Santa Venera, the 11,000sqm complex was previously owned by the Church but was formally handed over to Hospice Malta in 2019… Read more »

Public Lecture: The world is a sea – Catholics and the Mediterranean during the pontificate of Pius XII

Lecture and seminar organised by the Archdiocese of Malta & the University of Malta

24/05/2022

The Malta Diocesan Archives will be holding a public lecture entitled “The Holy See and its international relations during the pontificate of Pius XII” to commemorate the opening of the Diocesan Archive relative to the pontificate of Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) and the episcopate of Archbishop Michael Gonzi. 

The guest speaker is Rev. Prof. Roberto Regoli, professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome… Read more »