News from the Church in Malta
Pope Francis greets the faithful at the General Audience in the Paul VI Hall (Vatican Media)
In his catechesis on the first Beatitude — “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” — Pope Francis said: “there is a poverty that we must accept, that of our own being; and a poverty that we must seek instead, the poverty we must see from the things of this world”… Read more »
The joint initiative of the Office of Papal charities and the Missionary Centre of the Chinese Church in Italy has seen hundreds of thousands of masks sent to China. According to a Press Statement by the Holy See Press Office, the masks have been sent to Hubei, Zhejiand and Fujian provinces, which appear to be the areas most affected by this virus.
Health officials believe the virus was initially transmitted from animals to humans, but that human-to-human transmission of the flu-like illness is now occurring… Read more »
150 siġra tħawlu fid-djar ta’ rijabilitazzjoni ta’ Caritas Malta grazzi għal PT Matic Enivironmental Services Ltd u lil Saġġar. Il-moviment Fokolari ħa ħsieb parti mill-ispejjeż, u flimkien mar-residenti li qed isegwu l-programm ta’ rijabilitazzjoni kif ukoll wkoll voluntiera minn Camini…amo, qattgħu ħin flimkien iħawlu siġar indiġeni.
Jeffrey Muscat, Kap tal-Komunità Terapewtika ta’ San Blas, esprima li din hija kontribuzzjoni lejn titjib u tisħiħ tal-ambjent naturali li tant huwa importanti li jitħares… Read more »
L-Omelija tal-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi
L-istorja tal-Fgura għandha rabta mill-qrib mad-devozzjoni antika lejn Marija. Kien hawn devozzjoni lejn il-Madonna tal-Karmnu sa mis-seklu 18. Kien għalhekk tassew f’waqtu li l-Patrijiet Karmelitani 75 sena ilu ġew il-Fgura u bdew jaqdu l-missjoni tagħhom f’dan il-post, u għenu biex tissaħħaħ din l-imħabba lejn ommna Marija.
Illum, meta qed niċċelebraw it-30 sena mill-Konsagrazzjoni ta’ din il-knisja u dis-sena jaħbat ukoll il-55 anniversarju tat-twaqqif tal-Parroċċa, nixtieq li nħarsu lejn il-messaġġ li tagħti Marija lil din il-komunità… Read more »
Pope Francis during his Sunday Angelus in St Peter’s Square (Vatican Media)
Pope Francis looks to the example of Mary and Joseph, and Simeon and Anna, to mark the 24th World Day for Consecrated life, celebrated on Sunday, the Liturgical Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.
Pope Francis began his Sunday Angelus by telling the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square that the World Day for Consecrated Life reminds us of the “great treasure” in the Church of all those who “follow the Lord closely, professing the evangelical counsels”… Read more »
Nhar il-Ħadd 2 ta’ Frar 2020, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa f’Jum il-Ħajja, fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta. Il-quddiesa tibda fil-11am. Read more »
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L-Isqof Galea-Curmi f’laqgħa mat-tfal u katekisti fiċ-ċentru parrokkjali ta’ Fleur-de-Lys
Waslet fi tmiemha l-viżta pastorali fi Fleur-de-Lys, b’Quddiesa mmexxija mill-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi fil-knisja parrokkjali tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu. Għal din iċ-ċelebrazzjoni attendew ukoll il-komunità Filippina u Indjana li jattendu għall-Quddies hemmhekk.
Il-viżta pastorali bdiet bi żjara lill-komunità ta’ Dar Ħanin Samaritan fejn jgħixu membri anzjani tas-soċjetà tad-Duttrina Nisranija (M.U.S.E.U.M). Fil-ġranet ta’ wara, l-Isqof Galea-Curmi kellu l-opportunità jiltaqa’ mat-tfal, l-adolexxenti, il-katekisti u l-operaturi pastorali tal-parroċċa kif ukoll żar uħud mill-parruċċani ta’ Fleur-de-Lys f’darhom… Read more »
Il-Ħadd 9 ta’ Frar 2020, lejlet il-festa tan-Nawfraġju ta’ Missierna San Pawl, fil‑5:15pm, l‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jmexxi t-Traslazzjoni Solenni tar-Relikwa u l-Ewwel Għasar Solenni, fil-Knisja Arċipretali ta’ San Pawl Nawfragu, il-Belt Valletta.
It-Tnejn 10 ta’ Frar, fid‑9am, Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa Pontifikali fil-festa tan-Nawfraġju ta’ Missierna San Pawl, fil-Knisja Arċipretali ta’ San Pawl Nawfragu, il-Belt Valletta.
L-Erbgħa 26 ta’ Frar, Ras ir-Randan, fil‑11am, Monsinjur Arċisqof jiċċelebra Quddiesa, fil-Kappella tal-Madonna ta’ Manresa, il-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana… Read more »
Pope Francis received members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who held their Plenary Assembly, on Thursday 30 January 2020. Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation, was also present.
During the Assembly Pope Francis said that modern society “is progressively eroding the understanding of that which makes human life precious” by evaluating life in terms of efficiency and utility… Read more »
In the scholastic year starting in September, the number of places available for ‘Other Applicants’ in Church Schools is 730. Applications for these vacant places are being accepted online till the 14th February, and in specific centres between the 3rd and 5th February. More information is available from the Regulations for Admission into Church Schools.
The regulations were published last November and since then first criteria applications have been accepted… Read more »
