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Van needed for a program with vulnerable children and youth

19/02/2022   Xgħajra

The Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco have launched a crowdfunding campaign on the local platform Zaar to help them buy a van for their new youth-focused programme in Xagħjra.

The campaign, named Helping the Salesian sisters of Don Bosco get around! aims to raise €8,000 to cover the cost of a second-hand eight-seater vehicle, which they will use to transport the children and adolescents who benefit from the programme… Read more »

The Archbishop on the Pope’s visit to Malta: ‘a message of reconciliation’

18/02/2022

Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta describes an upcoming meeting of Bishops and Mayors of the Mediterranean in Florence as an opportunity for dialogue aimed at promoting harmony and justice amid the challenges facing countries surrounding the Mare Nostrum.

Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with the Bishops and Mayors of important cities of the Mediterranean on the last day of a 3-day meeting, which takes place on 23 – 27 February in Florence, Italy… Read more »

Donation of a book library to the San Blas Therapeutic Community

17/02/2022

Il-Komunità Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta, li ilha tagħti appoġġ lil Caritas Malta għal dawn l-aħħar ħames snin, tat b’donazzjoni 200 ktieb lir-residenti tal-programm tan-nisa flimkien ma’ xkaffar apposta u mejda. Din segwiet donazzjoni li saret ftit taż-żmien ilu meta ngħataw kotba lir-residenza tal-irġiel f’San Blas.

Is-Sur Anthony Gatt, Direttur ta’ Caritas Malta, irringrazzja lil Imam Atif u l-Komunità Ahmadiyya għal dan il-ġest. Faħħar l-inizjattivi li jsiru biex jgħinu lill-komunitajiet ta’ Caritas Malta… Read more »

The Pope modifies the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

15/02/2022

The offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Pope Francis has promulgated a motu proprio titled ‘Fidem servare’ modifying the organizational chart of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by separating the responsibilities of the doctrinal and disciplinary sections.

By means of a motu proprio entitled Fidem servare (“preserving the faith”; cf. 2 Tim… Read more »

International Epilepsy Day celebrated in 130 countries

15/02/2022

St Valentine, is not only known as the patron saint of marriage and love, he is also known as the patron saint for epilepsy. Some attribute this to the name ‘Valentine’ being similar to the German word for “fallen,” as many types of seizures could cause a person to fall. Others say that a bishop named Valentine healed a Roman orator’s son from a seizure… Read more »

The feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck celebrated by the Maltese in Rome

11/02/2022   The Church of Santa Maria in Traspontina

L-Ambaxxata ta’ Malta f’Ruma, l-Italja, stiednet lill-komunità ta’ Maltin u Għawdxin f’Ruma biex jiċċelebraw is-solennità tan-Nawfraġju tal-Appostlu Missierna San Pawl nhar il-Ġimgħa, 11 ta’ Frar 2022.

Il-quddiesa, immexxija minn Mons. Maximilian Grech, saret fil-Knisja ta’ Santa Marija in Traspontina. Għaliha attendew l-Ambaxxatur ta’ Malta, is-Sur Carmel Vassallo u s-sinjura tiegħu flimkien mal-ħaddiema tal-Ambaxxata, kif ukoll numru mdaqqas ta’ Maltin, barranin, u saċerdoti u reliġjużi li bħalissa qegħdin joffru s-servizzi tagħhom lill-parroċċi ta’ Ruma u l-Vatikan… Read more »

Conference highlights migration challenges in Mediterranean

11/02/2022

A conference organized Thursday by the Italian Bishops ahead of a meeting of Mayors and Bishops of the Mediterranean region (23–27 February) highlights the joint efforts between Church and civil authorities to combat the challenge of migration in countries bordering the Mediterranean.

The meeting of the Bishops and Mayors of the Mediterranean region will be held from 23 – 27 February in Florence, ending with a visit of Pope Francis on the last day… Read more »

New website for Lasallian schools in Malta

10/02/2022

La Salle Malta has launched a new website with the aim of giving detailed information about the work of the Lasallian network in Malta while linking to the wider Lasallian network worldwide.

La Salle Malta is the network of Lasallian Colleges in Malta, De La Salle College and Stella Maris College. These two colleges incorporate six schools serving students following primary and secondary level education going up to the post-secondary Sixth form level… Read more »

Apostolic Journey by Pope Francis to Malta

10/02/2022   The Collegiate Parish Church of St Paul's Shipwreck, Valletta

Accepting the invitation of the President of the Republic of Malta, the civil authorities and the Catholic Church of the country, His Holiness Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to Malta from 2 to 3 April 2022.

The Pope will visit Valletta, Rabat, Floriana and Ħal Far, and the island of Gozo. The programme and further details of the journey will be published at a later stage… Read more »