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The process of ecclesial renewal ‘One Church, One Journey’

Webinar for representatives and leaders of Church commissions and entities

29/01/2021

Il‑Kummissjoni ‘Knisja Waħda, Vjaġġ Wieħed’ fi ħdan l‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta organizzat webinar nhar l‑Erbgħa 27 ta’ Jannar 2021. Din il‑laqgħa kienet ippreseduta mill‑Arċisqof Charles Scicluna u għaliha attendew diversi rappreżentanti u mexxejja ta’ kummissjonijiet u entitajiet tal‑Knisja.

Matul il‑laqgħa tnediet il‑website li tinkludi riżorsi u tagħrif dwar id-dokument ta’ tiġdid pastorali tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta bit‑tema Knisja Waħda, Vjaġġ Wieħed, kif ukoll saru preżentazzjonijiet ta’ ħidmiet li bdew jew tlestew diġà, b’rabta mal‑istess dokument… Read more »

Official theme song for World Youth Day 2023 released

29/01/2021

The official theme song of World Youth Day (WYD) 2023, scheduled to take place in Lisbon, Portugal, was released on Wednesday, exactly two years since the announcement of the city chosen by Pope Francis to host the next world meeting for young people.

Titled “Há Pressa no Ar” (“There’s a rush in the air”), the song is inspired by the WYD 2023 theme: “Mary rose up and went with haste” (Lk 1:39)… Read more »

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Remembering is an expression of humanity

27/01/2021

An aerial picture showes barracks and buildings of former Nazi German Auschwitz I concentration camp complex in Oswiecim, Poland, January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt – RC2XHE9D4H5B

“Today we commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and all those persecuted and deported by the Nazi regime,” Pope Francis said at his weekly General Audience.

His remarks came on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which occurs each year on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau – the largest Nazi concentration and death camp – by the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War… Read more »

Pope at Audience: The Bible, the place where God meets man

27/01/2021

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

Today I would like to focus on the prayer we can do beginning with a Bible passage. The words of the Sacred Scripture were not written to remain imprisoned on papyrus, parchment, or paper, but to be received by a person who prays, making them blossom in his or her heart. The Word of God goes to the heart… Read more »

Statement by the Safeguarding Commission

26/01/2021

Is-Safeguarding Commission tal-Knisja tikkonferma li għaddiet lill-Pulizija informazzjoni li rċeviet dwar allegat każ ta’ abbuż fuq minorenni li jinvolvi żewġ saċerdoti Għawdxin.

Il‑Kummissjoni tal‑Knisja tħeġġeġ lil kull min jaf b’xi allegat każ ta’ abbuż biex jirrapporta direttament lill‑Pulizija u biex jikkuntattja lis‑Safeguarding Commission fuq [email protected]. Read more »

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Syria: More than 50% of children are deprived of education

26/01/2021

Syria’s education system is “overstretched, underfunded, fragmented and unable to provide safe, equitable and sustained services to millions of children,” UNICEF said in a statement on Sunday.

In conflict-ridden Syria, more than half of children continue to be deprived of education due to the nearly decade-long crisis that has adversely impacted the education system. In March 2021, the crisis will reach a grim milestone of ten years… Read more »

Church Schools Admissions in Malta and Gozo

Statement by the Secretariat for Catholic Education

25/01/2021

The Regulations for Admissions in Church Schools in Gozo have been published, and applications for ‘Other Applicants’ in Church Schools in Malta will start being accepted, for the scholastic year commencing in September 2021.

The number of places available for ‘Other Applicants’ in Church Schools in Malta is 835. Applications for these vacant places are being accepted online from 29th January until 12th February… Read more »

Holy Mass & Rosary from the Archbishop’s Seminary – 25 January, 9:30am

25/01/2021   The Chapel of the Diocesan Vocations Centre at the Archbishop's Seminary, Tal-Virtù

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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 »

Jesus’ invitation to ‘come and see’: message by the Pope for the 55th World Communications Day

23/01/2021   The Vatican

Journalists reporting outside the Vatican (Vatican News)

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The invitation to “come and see”, which was part of those first moving encounters of Jesus with the disciples, is also the method for all authentic human communication. In order to tell the truth of life that becomes history (cf. Message for the 54th World Communications Day, 24 January 2020), it is necessary to move beyond the complacent attitude that we “already know” certain things… Read more »

Live: Ecumenical Service 2021

22/01/2021   The Chapel of Our Lady of Manresa at the Archbishop's Curia, Floriana

As part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, this evening at 6:30 pm, an Ecumenical Service will be broadcast with the participation of various Christian Churches in Malta. The service will be led by Archbishop Charles Jude Scicluna, while Rev. Beata Thane, Minister of St Andrew’s Scots’ Church in Valletta, will deliver a biblical reflection.

This Ecumenical Service is being celebrated in the context of the worldwide extraordinary circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »