News from the Church in Malta
It-Tnejn, 16 ta’ April 2018, tista’ ssegwi ‘live’ t-tlugħ tal-polza tal-għażla għall-Ewwel Sena sekondarja fi skejjel tal-Knisja għal studenti bniet u subien, fl-Istitut tal-Azzjoni Kattolika, il-Furjana.
Il-polza tal-bniet tibda fid-9am u dik tas-subien fid-9:30am.
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Il-Knisja f’Malta għada l-Ħadd, 15 ta’ April, ser tiċċelebra Jum il-Karità, biex tgħin u tkompli tqajjem kuxjenza dwar id-dinjità ta’ kull persuna fis-soċjetà tagħna, l-aktar dawk vulnerabbli. Għal dan il-għan fi tmiem din il-ġimgħa ser isir ġbir speċjali fil-knejjes kollha waqt il-Quddies tas-Sibt filgħaxija u tal-Ħadd.
Bid-donazzjonijiet miġbura ser jibbenefikaw dawk il-persuni li jirrikorru għall-għajnuna fid-djar jew fl-entitajiet tal-Knisja f’Malta, fosthom: it-tfal u ż-żgħażagħ li kellhom trobbija diffiċli, il-vittmi tal-vjolenza domestika, il-persuni li qed jegħlbu l-vizzju tad-droga, in-nisa li jaqgħu fil-prostituzzjoni, il-persuni b’diżabilità, l-immigranti u r-refuġjati, l-anzjani, il-familji fil-bżonn u dawk li m’għandhomx dar fejn joqgħodu…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questions from lawmakers about his company’s censorship of Catholic content during his two-day congressional hearing following the revelation that millions of Facebook users’ personal data had been compromised.
Zuckerberg apologized and said that the company “made a mistake” in blocking a Catholic theology degree advertisement by Franciscan University of Steubenville, when asked about it by Washington state Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers on the second day of questioning…
Din il-ġimgħa kienet ġimgħa speċjali għall-istudenti li jattendu l-iskola tas-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, f’tal-Virtù, hekk kif wara l-vaganzi tal-Għid, il-lezzjonijiet u l-attivitajiet kollha ppjanti kellhom tema waħda: iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-ħajja.
Il-qofol tal-ġimgħa ntlaħaq il-Ġimgħa filgħodu, 13 ta’ April 2018, fil-Palazz tal-Verdala, fejn permezz ta’ diversi attivitajiet ta’ kant, mużika, żfin, sport u ta’ talb, l-istudenti esperjenzaw is-sabiħ tal-ħajja f’kull forma tagħha…
The Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) and the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferencs of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) are to hold a new Seminar with bishops from the two continents in Fatima (Portugal), from 12-15 April 2018, on the theme The significance of globalisation for the Church and for cultures in Europe and Africa.
Following the desire to promote growing pastoral collaboration between the epsicopate of the two continents, for more than a decade the two continental bodies have been organising a series of symposia and seminars to strengthen communion and collaboration, and reflection on the great challenges facing the Church…
A study commissioned by the Archdiocese of Malta shows that 92% of Maltese are Catholic, of whom 74% claim to go to Mass at least once a month. The research also shows that 40% attend Mass every Sunday. This was confirmed by the census held between the 2nd and 3rd December of last year, that showed that Mass attendance was at 38%.
This research was carried out for the first time using different methods (a census as well as research) for the Church to have a wide and accurate picture of society in order to be more pastorally effective in the coming years…
The letter by Pope Francis to the Bishops of Chile, following the submission of the report by Mgr Charles J. Scicluna, Archbishop of Malta. This unofficial translation to English has been provided by Catholic News Agency www.catholicnewsagency.com
Dear brothers in the episcopate,
The reception last week of the final documents which complete the report delivered to me by my two special envoys to Chile on March 20, 2018, with a total of more than 2,300 pages, moves me to write this letter…
Pope Francis began a new cycle of catecheses on baptism, explaining that it is the door to the other sacraments, whereby we grow in the life of grace until we come at last to our true homeland in heaven.
He also asked that Christians “appreciate the unmerited gift” they received on the day of their baptism. The pope also reminded that the Christian life is a journey of faith and union with the Lord, sustained by prayer and daily efforts to grow in the imitation of Christ.
SUMMARY OF POPE’S CATECHESIS
Dear brothers and sisters:
In the joy of this Easter season, we now begin a new cycle of catecheses on the sacrament of Baptism, by which we receive the forgiveness of sin and are reborn to new and eternal life in Christ…
Jesus wants our happiness and wants us to be saints. He does not want us to settle for a bland and mediocre existence.
Gaudate et Exsultate: On the Call for Holiness in our Modern World was published today, marking Pope Francis’ 3rd Apostolic Exhortation after Evangelii Gaudium and Amoris Laetitia.
The five-chapter, 98-page document can be considered somewhat of a practical handbook on how to help us achieve holiness in the circumstances of our ordinary lives…
In his homily during the celebration of the Divine Mercy Sunday liturgy, Pope Francis points out that the verb “to see” is repeated over and over in the Gospel text (John 20:19-31). Although the disciples see the Lord, the Gospel “does not describe how they saw him,” the Pope said. By mentioning the detail “he showed them his hands and his side” (v…
