• The Faculty of Theology within the University of Malta organised a two-day international conference on “Reconsidering Transcendence. Between Presence and Absence” held between the 10th and 11th May 2019.

  Professor Yvonne Dohna Schlobitten from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome delivered the opening lecture while Professor Gianluigi Pasquale from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome gave a keynote lecture on the second day of the conference…

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• The 32nd anniversary of Mgr Mikiel Azzopardi’s death was commemorated with a Eucharistic celebration at the chapel of Id-Dar tal-Providenza. In attendance were members of the Malta Catholic Action, residents and friends of the Home. Dun Mikiel, as more popularly referred to, was born in Valletta on February 10th, 1910. He founded the Siġġiewi Home in September 1965 and died on May 13th, 1987…

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• More than 90 employees within the Secretariat for Catholic Education of the Archdiocese of Malta attended a team-building day at Casa Leone organised and coordinated by Nicolette Scerri, the Church Homes for the Elderly Activity Coordinator.

  Last year, the Secretariat organised their team-building day at this home as well. These annual events form part of the Secretariat’s corporate social responsibility…

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• Għal diversi snin, is-sorijiet Agostinjani, li għandhom f’idejhom il-formazzjoni ta’ tant tfal u adolexxenti, ħassew il-bżonn ta’ post li jilqa’ lit-tfajliet li jkunu spiċċaw mill-iskejjel tagħhom. Post li t-tfajliet jistgħu jqisuh bħala tagħhom, iħossuhom komdi fih u jservi ta’ spazju fejn jibqgħu jirċievu formazzjoni wara s-snin tal-iskola.

  Kien proprju fis-sena li għaddiet li l-Madre Provinċjali, Sr Rachel Frendo, ispirata mill-ħerqa u l-imħabba tal-Papa Franġisku lejn iż-żgħażagħ, ipproponiet li l-basement tal-kunvent tal-Gżira jinbidel f’ċentru għalihom.  Il-komunità tal-Gżira laqgħet din il-proposta b’ottimiżmu kbir, u minn dakinhar il-proġett sar wieħed mill-prijoritajiet tal-Madre Provinċjali…

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• Pope Francis has promulgated the Apostolic Letter in the Form of Motu proprio “Vos estis lux mundi” concerning new measures to be adopted to prevent and fight sexual abuse committed against minors, against vulnerable persons or abuses carried out with violence, threat or abuse of authority.

  This Motu proprio, the product of reflection and collaboration during and after the meeting of the Presidents of Episcopal Conferences and Supreme Moderators of the main religious Institutes held last February, represents a further commitment of the Church in this area…

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• Illum niċċelebraw il-festa ta San Ġorġ Preca, l-ewwel Qaddis Malti u fundatur tas-Soċjetà tad-Duttrina Nisranija M.U.S.E.U.M. 

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• O Kbira Sultana tal-vittorji, O Verġni l-aktar għolja fis-sema, għall-isem qawwi tiegħek jifirħu s-smewwiet, jitriegħed l-infern; O Sultana glorjuża tar-Rużarju mqaddes, aħna, uliedek ixxurtjati li inti għażilt biex iwaqqfulek tron f’Pompej, ninxteħtu għarkopptejna f’riġlejk f’dan il-jum ta’ festa kbira li jfakkarna fit-tqegħid tal-ewwel ġebla tas-santwarju tiegħek, jum li fih bdew it-trijonfi tiegħek fuq l-art li dari kienet art l-allat foloz u d-demonji; id-dmugħ ta’ għajnejna jurik l-imħabba li qiegħda tixgħel fi qlubna, b’kunfidenza ta’ wlied nuruk il-faqar tagħna…

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