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Strengthening wellbeing not substance use

Church School sector, representing over 55 schools, expresses serious concern on rushing through bill on Cannabis Use

08/10/2021

The Secretariat for Catholic Education (SfCE) and the Church Schools Association (CSA) would like to express serious concerns at the direction taken by Government to rush through a bill on cannabis use at the tail end of this legislature. Furthermore, the Government has given very little indication of the feedback received after publishing a white paper in March.

Public reactions to the White Paper indicated that the majority of the feedback received was highly critical of the proposal and the negative impact this would have on children and youths… Read more »

For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission

08/10/2021

Il-Papa Franġisku, nhar il-Ħadd 10 ta’ Ottubru 2021, se jniedi l-mixja sinodali lejn is-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet li se jsir fl-2023, bit-tema: “Lejn Knisja Sinodali – Komunjoni, Parteċipazzjoni, u Missjoni”.

Il-Papa qed jistieden lil kull djoċesi biex tipparteċipa f’dan il-proċess ta’ tħejjija, u tagħti bidu għal dan nhar il-Ħadd 17 ta’ Ottubru 2021. Għalhekk, dakinhar, Mons. Arċisqof Charles Scicluna se jiċċelebra quddiesa fis-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa fil-bidu ta’ dan il-proċess min-naħa tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta… Read more »

A course with hands-on experience for youth leaders

08/10/2021

L‑Istitut ta’ Formazzjoni Pastorali qed joffri l‑kors ta’ ‘Adolescent and Youth Ministry’ li se jkun qed jindirizza l‑isfidi li jiltaqgħu magħhom ż‑żgħażagħ illum. Dan il‑kors, li se jibda fit‑30 ta’ Ottubru, huwa mmirat għal dawk li jaħdmu jew jixtiequ jaħdmu mal‑adolexxenti u ż‑żgħażagħ.

Minn din is‑sena, il‑kors ser joffri spazju għal esperjenzi prattiċi fil‑gruppi taż‑żgħażagħ u kull parteċipant se jkun akkumpanjat minn mentor. It‑teorija u l‑esperjenza prattika ser jgħinu lill‑individwu jiżviluppa l‑ħiliet tiegħu bħala youth leader filwaqt li jiltaqa’ mad‑diversità ta’ kariżmi fil‑gruppi u l-movimenti fil‑Knisja f’Malta… Read more »

Thinking more of others

07/10/2021   Verdala Secondary School, St Margaret's College, Bormla

A group of Form 4 students from St Margaret College was invited to reflect upon the need of ‘thinking more of others and less of me’ at the beginning of this scholastic year. Senior teacher Martin Azzopardi sdc, invited his students to reflect upon the message of the encyclical letter of Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti (All Brothers) and witness its message with other students… Read more »

Caritas Malta and the Oasi Foundation in response to the Cannabis reform bill

07/10/2021

Caritas Malta flimkien mal-Fondazzjoni Oasi, jinsabu ferm konċernati li l-proposta ta’ qafas legali ġdid għall-użu responsabbli tal-kannabis, kif ippreżentata mill-Ministru għar-Riċerka u l-Innovazzjoni Owen Bonnici, fis-6 ta’ Ottubru 2021, tmur oltrè minn dak li ġie ppreżentat fil-White Paper u jikkontempla wkoll id-distribuzzjoni tal-kannabis minn assoċjazzjonijiet għall-użu rikreattiv. Flimkien mal-proposti l-oħra dwar il-pussess u l-kultivazzjoni, dan hu pass ieħor lejn iktar normalizzazzjoni tal-użu tal-kannabis, iżid il-perċezzjoni liż-żgħażagħ li l-kannabis m’għandhiex perikli, u li eventwalment ikompli jiżdied l-użu… Read more »

New parish priest for Jesus of Nazareth parish in Tas-Sliema

06/10/2021

L-Arċisqof Charles Jude Scicluna llejla se jiċċelebra quddiesa fil-bidu tal-ħidma pastorali ta’ Patri Claudio Borg, Dumnikan, bħala kappillan tal-parroċċa ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu, Tas-Sliema.

Patri Claudio Borg twieled fit‑22 ta’ Awwissu 1963 u trabba fil‑parroċċa tas‑Sacro Cuor, Tas‑Sliema. Huwa studja l‑filosofija fl‑Università ta’ Malta u t‑teoloġija fl‑Università ta’ Bologna fl‑Italja.

Il‑formazzjoni reliġjuża tiegħu bdiet fl‑1986 fil‑Kunvent tal‑Madonna tal‑Għar, ir‑Rabat. Beda n‑novizzjat f’Settembru tal‑1988 u erba’ snin wara rċieva l‑Professjoni Solenni fl‑Ordni Dumnikan… Read more »

Pope Francis grateful for the victims’ courage to speak out so that the Church may take the path of redemption

06/10/2021

An independent commission established by French Catholic Bishops and religious has revealed that an estimated total of 330,000 people in France have been victims of sexual abuse within Church as children, and that between 2,900 and 3,200 priests and religious committed these crimes over a period of seventy years.

The Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) published its findings on Tuesday in a 2,500-page report after a two-and-a half-year investigation… Read more »

French bishops on sexual abuse in the Church: “There is still a long way to go before we can hope to deserve their forgiveness

06/10/2021

Mr. Jean-Mark Sauvé, president of CIASE  (AFP or licensors)

An estimated 216,000 children were victims of sexual violence by between 2,900 to 3,200 priests, men and women religious in France over the past 70 years. However, when the victims of attacks by “lay people working in Catholic Church institutions” were included, the figure rose to 330,000. These shocking “figures” were released on Tuesday, October 5, in Paris in a Report presented by Jean-Marc Sauvé, president of the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuses in the Church ( CISAE), to Monsignor Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, president of the Bishops’ Conference of France ( CEF), and to Sister Véronique Margron, president of the Conference of Men and Women Religious in France ( CORREF)… Read more »

Completion of structural works at St Michael Hospice

The Archbishop visits the Church property transferred to Hospice Malta for a palliative care complex

05/10/2021

Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna visited the works at the Adelaide Cini Institute in St Venera, which was transferred by the Church to Hospice Malta to establish St Michael Hospice – the first complex in Malta which will provide comprehensive palliative care. Structural works on this Church-owned land that spreads over 11,600 square metres were completed in recent days and the project will now enter its next phase… Read more »

Mass on Armed Forces Day – 6th October, 9:30am

06/10/2021   St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta

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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 »