News from the Church in Malta
Holy Family Home residents attending the Green Festival in Valletta
An event was held at Dar tal-Kleru for all the residents residing within the five Church Homes for the Elderly within the Archdiocese of Malta, namely Casa Leone (St Julian’s), Holy Family Home (in-Naxxar), Dar Saura (ir-Rabat), Dar Sant’Anna (Senglea) and Dar tal-Kleru (B’Kara)…
L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna llum ħalla Malta għal Ruma biex jieħu sehem fil‑15‑il Assemblea Ġenerali Ordinarja tas‑Sinodu tal‑Isqfijiet fil‑Vatikan, bit‑tema ‘Iż‑Żgħażagħ, il‑Fidi u d‑Dixxerniment Vokazzjonali’. Is‑Sinodu ser jibda għada l‑Erbgħa, 3 ta’ Ottubru u jintemm il‑Ħadd, 28 ta’ Ottubru 2018.
Għal dan is‑Sinodu li sejjaħ il‑Papa Franġisku ser jattendu 165 isqof, kif ukoll numru ta’ żgħażagħ minn madwar id‑dinja li flimkien ser jiddiskutu kif il‑Knisja twassal il‑messaġġ tagħha lill‑ġenerazzjoni żagħżugħa, u kif iż‑żgħażagħ stess jistgħu jwasslu l‑Bxara t‑Tajba tal‑Evanġelju…
Christians must do more to make sure the media, especially social networks, are places of dialogue and respect for others, rather than instruments for highlighting differences and increasing divisions, said the prefect of the Vatican communications office.
“The risk in our time is that of forming tribes instead of communities – tribes based on the exclusion of the other,” said Paolo Ruffini, the new prefect of the Dicastery for Communication…
“The Mass” is a new documentary that offers a step-by-step guide, through video format, on the meaning and purpose of the Catholic Mass, featuring Bishop Robert Barron, an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles who uses media to educate people about the Catholic faith.
According to Bishop Barron, in a time where people are more geared to watching videos, video format has the potential of reaching out to more people than possibly a book…
It-Tnejn, l-1 ta’ Ottubru 2018, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna jiċċelebra Quddiesa għall-membri tal-ġudikatura fil-ftuħ tas-Sena Forensi 2018-2019. Il-Quddiesa ser issir fl-Oratorju tal-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fid-9am.
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The following is the full text of a comuniqué released on Saturday by the Holy See’s Press Office regarding an invitation extended by Pope Francis to all the faithful to join in praying the Rosary during the month of October:
Pope Francis’ invitation
The Holy Father has decided to invite all the faithful, of all the world, to pray the Holy Rosary every day, during the entire Marian month of October, and thus to join in communion and in penitence, as the people of God, in asking the Holy Mother of God and Saint Michael Archangel to protect the Church from the devil, who always seeks to separate us from God and from each other…
Is-Segretarjat għall-Katekeżi tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta qed jorganizza għadd ta’ korsijiet għal dawk kollha involuti fil-formazzjoni tat-tagħlim Nisrani. Il-korsijiet huma miftuħa kemm għall-katekisti u kif ukoll għall-ġenituri tat-tfal li qed jirċievu dan it-tagħlim Nisrani.
L-għan tal-irtir huwa li jagħti opportunità lill-katekisti biex jirriflettu fuq temi relevanti fil-ministeru tagħhom li jgħinuhom isaħħu u jkabbru r-relazzjoni tagħhom ma’ Ġesù…
Like so many other citizens, the Church Environment Commission (KA) is baffled by the decision of the Planning Authority (PA) to approve the extensive project proposed by db Group at St George’s Bay. The KA, like other concerned citizens, had already tabled its objections for the development in its communication dated 30th May 2018.[1] At this point in time, rather than repeating the objections, the KA feels that this decision warrants answers to some serious questions:
Kif kien imħabbar kmieni din is-sena, il-Knejjes Insara f’Malta ġew afdati li jħejju l-materjal għall-Ġimgħa ta’ Talb għall-Għaqda fost l-Insara tas-sena 2020.
Grupp ta’ 14-il parteċipant immexxi minn Mons. Prof. Hector Scerri, iltaqghu bejn Frar u Mejju li għadda biex iħejju l-abbozz tal-materjal kollu. Ir-rappreżentanti kienu jinkludu Kattoliċi, Anglikani, Presbiterjani, Luterani u Ortodossi f’Malta. Il-materjal intbaghat barra minn Malta biex jiġi evalwat…
The Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment will take place in the Vatican from 3-28 October. Katie Prejean McGrady was one of three young people chosen by the US Bishops Conference (USCCB) to participate in the pre-Synodal meeting in Rome in March of 2018. She spoke about her experience during the USCCB annual Spring General Assembly, calling it an “honor to represent the US”…
