News from the Church in Malta
In the light of the recently published Pre-Budget Document 2020, ‘Sustaining Inclusive Growth’, the Church’s Justice and Peace Commission welcomes the Government’s invitation for feedback and has formulated a number of observations and recommendations, which it is hereby presenting for further consideration. The recommendations have been categorised in three groupings tied to the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and also through direct stakeholder consultations with Church organisations working with various societal groups…
L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna u l-Isqof Awżiljajru Joseph Galea-Curmi jifirħu lill-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Mario Grech għall-ħatra tiegħu mill-Q.T. il-Papa Franġisku, bħala Prosegretarju Ġenerali tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet. Huma jirringrazzjaw mill-qalb lill-Isqof Grech għall-ħidma tiegħu tul dawn l-aħħar 14-il sena, kemm bħala ragħaj tad-Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex kif ukoll bħala kollaboratur ewlieni fil-Konferenza Episkopali Maltija.
L-Arċisqof Scicluna u l-Isqof Galea-Curmi jwiegħdu t-talb tagħhom u tal-Knisja f’Malta għall-Isqof Mario Grech u għad-Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex…
Il‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof tixtieq tavża li mil-lum l-Erbgħa, 2 ta’ Ottubru, l‑Uffiċċju Żwiġijiet fil‑Kurja, il‑Furjana, ser ikun miftuħ f’dawn il‑ġranet u ħinijiet:
It‑Tnejn, it‑Tlieta, l‑Erbgħa, il‑Ġimgħa u s‑Sibt bejn it‑8:00 a.m. u l-11:30 a.m. L‑Erbgħa bejn it‑3:00 p.m. u s‑6:00 p.m.
Dawn il‑ġranet u ħinijiet japplikaw sal‑15 ta’ Ġunju 2020.
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L-iffirmar ta’ tiġdid ta’ ftehim bejn l-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta u s-Segretarjat Parlamentari għal Persuni b’Diżabilità u Anzjanità Attiva, biex jiġu pprovduti servizzi residenzjali għall-anzjani fid-Djar tal-Knisja. Dan il-ftehim għall-perjodu ta’ tliet snin jistabbilixxi x-xiri ta’ 181 sodda, li minnhom 167 sodda ser jintużaw għal kura residenzjali fit-tul, filwaqt li 14-il sodda ser jintuzaw għal servizzi ta’ respite għal anzjani b’dipendenza għolja u medja…
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Pope Francis will consecrate four bishops on October 4, 2019, at a Mass at 5 pm in St. Peter’s Basilica: three apostolic nuncios – two Italians and a Maltese – and the Czech Undersecretary of the Migration and Refugees Section of the Dicastery for the service of integral human development.
They are:
– Mgr. Michael Czerny, of the Company of Jesus, 73, from Brno, Czech Republic…
Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna formally handed over the Church premises known as Adelaide Cini Institute in St Venera to the Chairperson of Hospice Malta, Maria Gatt, for the establishment of St Michael Hospice, the first state-of-the-art complex to provide comprehensive palliative care.
The ceremony was held on the feast of St Michael the Archangel, on Sunday 29th September, in the same building in which the first patients are expected to be received in two years’ time following the necessary renovation works…
