News from the Church in Malta
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…
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’…
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
“One of the biggest problems in terms of governance over water is the lack of participation by those in need. We need to find ways to give these people a voice. They are aware of their needs, and they need to be able to express them… they can help in choosing the best fit solution for their situation”.
This is the message Richard Connor, Editor in Chief on the United Nations’ World Water Development Report, has for those of us who have the power to help make change in the water crisis…
On Thursday, 21st March 2019, the Holy Father Francis received in audience Her Excellency Mrs Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, president of Malta, who subsequently met with His Eminence Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by the Rev. Msgr. Antoine Camilleri, under-secretary for Relations with States.
During the cordial discussions, the parties evoked the constructive relations that unite the Holy See and the Republic of Malta, and the collaboration between Church and State in favour of the human, social, cultural and spiritual progress of the population, in particular, the young, in the light of the centuries-long contribution that Catholicism has offered the country…
