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A letter to the parents who keep bringing their disruptive kids to Mass, week after week

24/07/2018

  • Dear exhausted, discouraged parents,

    So your kids are just terrible in Mass. Chaotic, disobedient, and disruptive, week after week. It’s like a big old spotlight is shining on you the whole time, you and your apparently sub-par parenting.

    I’m right there with you. I’ve started to dread Sundays. I mean, we’ve tried everything. Going to the early Mass, going to the evening Mass, Mass books, whispered explanations, whispered threats, sitting in the front, sitting in the back, marching straight to the cry room … and maybe a few of the tricks have helped, but the bottom line is that we’re not getting out of that building without somebody screaming, making a mad dash for the altar, or God knows what…

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€164,000 collected in aid of Oħloq Tbissima marathon

24/07/2018

  • Il-maratona Oħloq Tbissima, maratona ta’ 60 siegħa xandir live b’risq is-Soċjetà Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl (MSSP) intemmet biċ-ċifra ta’ €164,067.

    Matul is-60 siegħa, il-pubbliku ipparteċipa f’Quddies, rużarju u mumenti oħra ta’ talb. Segwa wkoll filmati esklussivi, li wrew il-bżonnijiet kbar li hemm u kemm qed isir ġid b’din il-ħidma missjunarja.  Il-programm inkluda diskussjonijiet, intervisti, kant u żfin, logħob, il-banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta u anke l-banda tal-Pulizija u diversi attivitajiet immirati biex jolqtu l-gosti tal-familja kollha…

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Mass on the feast of St Calcedonius

23/07/2018

  • Fl‑okkażjoni tal‑festa ta’ San Kalċidonju ser tiġi ċċelebrata Quddiesa fil‑kappella ddedikata lil dan il‑qaddis fil‑bini tal‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Furjana. Din ser issir għada t‑Tlieta, 24 ta’ Lulju 2018, f’nofsinhar. Ir-residenti tal-Furjana u dawk kollha li jaħdmu f’din il-lokalità huma mistiedna jattendu.

    Ir‑relikwi ta’ San Kalċidonju jinsabu meqjumin f’kappella żgħira li tinsab eżatt wara l‑kappella prinċipali fil‑Kurja. Ir‑relikwi tal‑qaddis nġiebu Malta miċ‑ċimiterju ta’ Pretestato, fl‑Italja, fl‑1753…

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The episcopal ordination of Auxiliary Bishop-elect Mgr Joseph Galea-Curmi

The coat of arms and motto of Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi

21/07/2018

  • L-ordinazzjoni episkopali tal-Isqof Awżiljarju l-ġdid ta’ Malta, Mons. Joseph Galea-Curmi, ser issir is-Sibt, 4 ta’ Awwissu 2018, fil-Katidral tal-Imdina, fis-7 p.m. Il-Quddiesa ser titmexxa mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna filwaqt li l-Isqfijiet Koordinanti ser ikunu l-Arċisqof Emeritu Mons. Pawlu Cremona O.P. u l-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Mons. Mario Grech.

    Lejlet l-ordinazzjoni, il-Ġimgħa, 3 ta’ Awwissu, fis-7:30 p.m., ser issir velja ta’ talb fil-knisja parrokkjali ta’ San Ġużepp Ħaddiem, Birkirkara…

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Auxiliary Bishop-elect interviewed by The Malta Independent

20/07/2018

  • Human life has to always be cherished, whether it is in the form of eight cells in the womb, or in the form of a person in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, said Auxiliary Bishop Elect Joseph Galea Curmi on the Malta Independent’s online interview programme Indepth.

    Interviewed by The Malta Independent Editor-in-Chief Rachel Attard, Galea Curmi appealed that just because a people were coming from African countries, we should never speak of them as if they were “a piece of furniture” as opposed to being humans. “That is a terrible thing”, Mgr…

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Free concert at St John’s Co-Cathedral

20/07/2018

  • The St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation is organising a free concert for the general public. This will be held at St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, on Friday 27th July at 8pm.

    The concert Exultet, includes Gregorian chant, performed by Juri Camisasca, together with other musicians from Italy. This event will last around 80 minutes.

    While this musical event is free of charge, anyone who wants to attend must acquire tickets from www.ticketline.com.mt…

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Watch: New bell for Mdina Cathedral

19/07/2018

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  • On Wednesday, 18th July 2018, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna blessed a new bell replacing the oldest bell at the Mdina Cathedral, cast by the bellfounder Magister Antoninus in Tortoreto during 1499. 

    The new bell was cast by Fonderie Paccard of Annecy to be sympathetic as much as possible with the two splendid bells present in the belfries, and cast namely by the illustrious bellfounder Prospero Barigozzi of Milan in 1958…

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France’s Kylian Mbappé to donate World Cup earnings to charity

17/07/2018

  • Kylain Mbappé is sharing his World Cup victory with the children of France.

    The 19-year-old striker who scored four goals in this year’s tournament, helping France capture its second World Cup victory, plans to donate his earnings from the win to a children’s charity, according to French news media.

    Mbappé plans to donate his earnings to Premiers de Cordée, an organization that offers free sports programs to disabled and hospitalized children, Le Parisien reported…

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A movement of humanity: the flow of migrants and news

Meeting of the delegates in charge for migration of the European Bishops' Conferences

16/07/2018

  • Migration is not just an economic, social, demographic, cultural, and political issue. Precisely because it has become an increasingly politicized topic, only through communication one can understand today the reasons for this global human movement, and the presence of migrants and their integration into European societies. So, firstly, how can we communicate, inform people, and train the Catholic faithful to a correct perception of the migration issue? …

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Pope appoints presidents-delegate for synod on young people

16/07/2018

  • Pope Francis with young people of the pre-synodal youth meeting in Rome in March 2018.  (ANSA)

     

  • Pope Francis on Saturday appointed 4 cardinals as presidents delegate for the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which has as its theme, “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.”

    The presidents delegate are:

    • Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako of Babylon (Iraq)
    • Cardinal Désiré Tsarahazana, Archbishop of Toamasina (Madagascar)
    • Cardinal Charles Maung Bo SDB., Archbishop of Yangon (Myanmar)
    • Cardinal John Ribat MSC, Archbishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)

    The presidents-delegate take turns in presiding over the synod assemblies on behalf of the Pope.  A president-delegate is responsible for guiding the work of the synod and assigning special tasks to certain members, when necessary, so that the assembly proceeds efficiently.  He also signs the documents of the assembly.  When there are several presidents-delegate, they all sign the final documents of the synod. 

    Source: Vatican News

     

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