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11 families live in a car; in what way can you help them?

Int u taqra dan l-artiklu, fost l-1,300 familja li jgħinu l-parroċċi Maltin, hemm:

– familja ta’ 5 li qed tgħix ġo garaxx qies ta’ karozza, b’tifel b’kundizzjoni serja jistenna operazzjoni
– missier bi 3 itfal jgħixu ġo garaxx jistennew li jingħataw post sussidjat għax il-kera li kienu fiha għoliet wisq u f’daqqa
– madwar 11-il familja bla dar jgħixu f’karozza
– anzjan li kien jgħix f’karozza, fittex l-għajnuna tal-kappillan għax peress li skadietlu l-liċenzja tal-karozza, ħadulu l-karozza u issa sab ruħu bla dar
– diversi familji ma jistgħux isostnu l-ispejjeż li ġġib magħha l-iskola u l-edukazzjoni ta’ wliedhom anke wara li jkunu ġew megħjuna mill-Gvern permezz ta’ skema 9
– diversi persuni li m’għandhomx min jipprovdilhom l-għajnuna meħtieġa biex jgħixu b’dinjità fil-komunità
… u ħafna sitwazzjonijiet oħra… Read more »

Dar tal-Providenza raises over €1.4 million

Dar tal-Providenza has raised over €1.4 million in its annual telethon held on New Year’s Day. At the end of the televised fundraiser, Fr Martin Micallef, the director of Dar tal-Providenza, thanked the Maltese people for their generosity and solidarity. He said the €1,409,085 collected on New Year’s Day will help the residence continue to provide the best services to the 115 people with disabilities living in their homes in Siġġiewi and in the community… Read more »

Embellishment project for Pembroke Parish Church

Il-Komunità Parrokkjali ta’ Pembroke nediet proġett ta’ tisbiħ li se jiżvolġi fis-snin li ġejjin fuq diversi fażijiet. Dan tħabbar waqt Ċelebrazzjoni Ewkaristika li fakkret is-17-il anniversarju mit-twaqqif tal-parroċċa dedikata lil Kristu Rxoxt f’Pembroke. Pembroke sar żona pastorali awtonoma fl-1998 u parroċċa fl-2004.

Ix-xogħol, li jinkludi t-tisbiħ tal-presbiterju fil-Knisja Parrokkjali, se jsir bl-intenzjoni li tiżdied il-funzjonalità u l-kumdità li tixraq fiċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet liturġiċi. Il-Parroċċa spjegat li fix-xogħol li se jsir madwar it-tabernaklu, se jintuża l-irħam u l-bronż u se jinħoloq spazju intimu ta’ adorazzjonu u ġabra personali… Read more »

Mass on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord – 2nd January 2022, 9:30am

Archbishop Charles Scicluna celebrates Mass in the Epiphany with the Ministry of the Acolyte of St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta on January 2, at 9:30 am.

Għin lill‑Arċidjoċesi twettaq il‑missjoni tagħha Agħti Donazzjoni »

Segwi l-qari tal-Quddiesa tal-lum hawnhekk.

Talba għat-Tqarbina tax-Xewqa

Ġesù, jiena nemmen li Inti tinsab tabilħaqq fis-Sagrament tal-Ewkaristija. 
Irrid inħobbok fuq kollox u fuq kulħadd… Read more »

Mass on New Year’s Day – 1st January 2022, 9:30am

  The Dar tal-Providenza Chapel, Siġġiewi

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Follow today’s Mass readings from here.

Prayer for Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »

First student welcomed in the student residence for seminarians

Casa Fratelli Tutti, ir-residenza li nfetħet f’Malta biex tilqa’ studenti minn pajjiżi oħra li jixtiequ jsiru qassisin, laqgħet l-ewwel student tagħha.

Rev. Mark Chitamaluka miż-Żambja qed isegwi kors fil-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija fi ħdan l-Università ta’ Malta biex jikseb il-Liċenzjat fit-Teoloġija Pastorali.

Ir-rinovazzjoni ta’ Casa Fratelli Tutti saret wara li ntlaħaq ftehim bejn din il-Fakultà u l-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. Ir-rinovar sar mill-Fakultà, li se tibqa’ tieħu ħsieb l-ispejjeż ġenerali u dawk relatati ma’ manutenzjoni… Read more »

India bans Mother Teresa charity from receiving funds from abroad

India’s government has refused to renew the foreign-funding licence for a charity founded by Mother Teresa.

The Missionaries of Charity has thousands of nuns supervising projects that include homes for abandoned children, schools, and clinics.

On Christmas Day, India’s home ministry announced it had not renewed the registration. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been working to stop foreign funding for Christian charities and other NGOs based in India… Read more »

A contemporary crib by the Jesuits Church Foundation

  The Church of the Jesuits, Valletta

The newly established the Jesuits Church Foundation is pleased to host this Christmas season at the Church of the Jesuits, Valletta, with a fine artistic contemporary crib made in the traditional Baroque idiom by the established Maltese artist Chris Ebejer.

As part of its ongoing integral restoration programme of the Jesuits Church and its adjoining oratories, the Immacolata and the Onorati, the Foundation is seeking to create greater space for local artists to exhibit their works at this distinguished location, steeped in history, at the very heart of Valletta… Read more »

Sweetness and mercy were poured on the world

Christmas message by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

Message by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna

It is a great pleasure to offer you my sincere greetings on this holy Christmas night. It is truly wonderful if we understand what we are telling each other when, throughout these holy days, we greet one another with ‘Happy Christmas’. We are recalling the birth of a baby; we are recalling the birth of God made man for you and me… Read more »

European Churches urge people to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Joint appeal from the presidents of COMECE and CEC

Urging responsibility and care amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and encouraging vaccination together with necessary sanitary measures, H.Em. Card. Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), and Rev. Christian Krieger, President of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), have issued the following joint appeal.

In this time of Advent, let us manifest Christ’s love by demonstrating responsibility and care for all… Read more »