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Watch: Who are the seminarians currently preparing for the priesthood?

27/03/2019

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  • Kull sena matul ir-Randan, fil-parroċċi ssir il-ġabra għas-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, is-seminaristi ħejjew filmat qasir li jistieden lill-pubbliku jsir jaf aħjar lis-seminaristi u l-post li qed jagħtihom il-formazzjoni. 

    Bħalissa fis-Seminarju hemm 14-il seminarist imqassmin fuq ħames snin. Żewġ seminaristi oħra qegħdin jagħmlu sena esperjenza pastorali barra minn xtutna. Hemm ukoll erba’ djakni li qegħdin jagħmlu l-istudji tagħhom barra minn Malta…

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Lenten season concerts by the choir of the Metropolitan Cathedral

26/03/2019

  • The Jubilate Deo Choir, which is the choir of the Metropolitan Cathedral, will be giving two concerts for Passiontide entitled ‘Miserere’. The concerts, directed by Maestro di Cappella Christopher Muscat, will be held at the choir residencies on Friday 5th April at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, and on Monday 15th April at Naxxar Parish Church.

    These concerts feature sacred music spanning well over seven centuries, from Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony to works by contemporary composers…

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Loreto: Pope signs apostolic exhortation to young people

26/03/2019

  • On the Feast of the Annunciation, Pope Francis signed his Apostolic Exhortation for the Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment.

    “Christus vivit – Christ lives” is a letter to the world’s young people that represents the fruit of the October Synod. The Vatican will release the full text in the near future…

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Mdina Cathedral to open all night for confession

26/03/2019

  • Fil‑lejl ta’ bejn il‑Ġimgħa u s‑Sibt li ġej, 29 u 30 ta’ Marzu 2019, is‑seminaristi flimkien mal‑Kapitlu Metropolitan se jorganizzaw ‘24 siegħa għall‑Mulej’. Il‑Katidral ta’ San Pawl fl‑Imdina se jkun miftuħ lejl sħiħ u għadd ta’ saċerdoti se jkunu disponibbli għas‑Sagrament tal-Qrar matul din il-velja. Il‑Katidral se jkun miftuħ mill‑Ġimgħa fis‑7:00 p.m. sas‑Sibt fit‑8:00 a.m.

    Huwa l‑Papa Franġisku li nhar il‑Ġimgħa filgħaxija fil‑Bażilika ta’ San Pietru f’Ruma se jagħti bidu għas‑sitt edizzjoni ta’ ‘24 siegħa għall‑Mulej’…

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The mission of the priest: to make the world holy – Archbishop Cremona on the 50th anniversary of his Presbyteral Ordination

Quddiesa f'għeluq il-50 sena mill-ordinazzjoni presbiterali ta' Mons. Pawlu Cremona u Mons. George Frendo

25/03/2019

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  • L-omelija tal-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona

     

  • Il-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta
    24 ta’ Marzu 2019

    Darba Santu Wistin spjega lilu nnifsu bħala isqof, imma jien sa napplikaha anke għall-presbiterat, is-saċerdozju ministerjali. ‘Jiena magħkom jien Nisrani, għalikom jiena ragħaj’. F’din il-ġurnata nixtieq nirringrazzja lil Alla għax flimkien magħkom jien Nisrani imma mbagħad nirringrazzjah għaliex tani grazzja kbira li nkun nista’ nservi u naqdi lill-poplu tiegħu…

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Pope to Catholic-school students: ‘Trust yourselves!’

25/03/2019

  • Pope Francis holds a Q&A session with the students of a Catholic school in Padova and tells them to find their main point of reference in themselves, with the guidance of their priests, parents, and grandparents.

     

  • “The most important point of reference for the choices we must make is found in yourself, in your own conscience.”

    That was the advice Pope Francis gave on Saturday to a thousand-strong group of school-age children who attend the Barbarigo Catholic School in the Italian city of Padua…

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Mass on World Down Syndrome Day

25/03/2019

  • On Thursday, 21st March, on World Syndrome Day, the Malta Down Syndrome Association held a Mass for its members and friends at the Dar tal-Providenza chapel in Siġġiewi. 

    Fr Martin Micallef, Director of Id-Dar tal-Providenza, celebrated Mass. In his homily he stressed that we all have to be part of a society that looks at the difference not as a threat but as a treasure…

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Live: Mass for the 50th anniversary of the Presbyteral Ordination of Mgr Paul Cremona and Mgr George Frendo

24/03/2019

  • Illum, il-Ħadd, 24 ta’ Marzu 2019, l-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa ta’ Radd il‑Ħajr lil Alla f’għeluq il‑50 sena mill‑Ordinazzjoni Presbiterali tiegħu. Din ser issir fil‑Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il‑Belt Valletta, u tibda fil‑5:30 p.m.

    F’din il‑Quddiesa ser jikkonċelebra Mons. George Frendo O.P., l‑Arċisqof ta’ Tirana fl‑Albanija, li wkoll qed jiċċelebra l‑50 anniversarju tal‑Ordinazzjoni Presbiterali.

     

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Catholic newlyweds choose meal for poor children over a wedding banquet

23/03/2019

  • Everything was beautiful. The details came out just the way the bride and groom had dreamed they would. Ana Paula Meriguete and Victor Ribeiro got married in the Catholic Church and received the congratulations of their guests at a brief reception afterwards. But the real celebration was yet to come, and it was not a traditional one: Instead of a typical wedding banquet, the young couple decided to offer a meal for poor children and their families in the coastal city of Guarapari, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo…

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