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Id-Dar tal-Providenza needs your help!

08/06/2018

  • Bħalissa fid-Dar tal-Providenza hemm 115-il resident, ilkoll bi ħtiġijiet differenti.

    Ta’ kuljum id-Dar tal-Providenza toħroġ medja ta’ €12,000 sabiex tkompli tgħin u tagħti servizz lir-residenti tagħha u lill-kumplament tas-soċjetà Maltija. Dan ifisser li d-Dar toħroġ mal-€100 kuljum għal kull resident.

    Iżda sabiex tkompli tagħmel dan ix-xogħol, id-Dar tal-Providenza qed tappella lill-poplu Malti u Għawdxi biex illejla jkun ġeneruż u jagħti donazzjoni waqt il-programm Xarabank, li ser ikun iddedikat kollu kemm hu għall-ġbir ta’ fondi b’risq id-Dar tal-Providenza…

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Pope focuses on social media use in June prayer video

08/06/2018

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  • In his prayer video for June, Pope Francis asked that digital communications and social media platforms would be a place of inclusion and encounter, rather than isolation and “alienation.”

    In the video, published June 5, the pope opened saying the internet “is a gift from God, but it is also a great responsibility.”

    The text of the subtitles pops up on the screen like chat messages with a notification sound as Francis continued, saying, “communication technology, its places, its instruments, have brought with it a lengthening of horizons, a widening for so many people.”

    “It can offer immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity,” he said, and voiced hope that digital networks would “not be a place of alienation.”

    “May it be a concrete place, a place rich in humanity,” he said, as scenes were shown of either individuals or groups of people looking at computers and cell phones while interacting with each other, rather than seeming alone and isolated…

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Sunday Mass is not optional for Catholics

06/06/2018

  • In a pastoral letter for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, Archbishop Leo Cushley of St. Andrews & Edinburgh stressed the importance of the Sunday Mass obligation for Catholics.

    “It is true that many people think of Sunday as just part of the weekend, a welcome break from the usual routine, and perhaps a day for family, or sporting activities,” the UK archbishop said in the letter…

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Chilean priests say they felt welcomed and listened to by the Pope

05/06/2018

  • Chilean clerical sex abuse survivors Juan Carlos Cruz, James Hamilton and Jose Andres Murillo prepare to speak to the media in Rome in early May.

     

  • After meeting with Pope Francis for more than four hours, a Chilean priest who suffered abuse and a priest who ministers to survivors said they felt comforted and hopeful for the church’s future in their country…

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“Holiness can be achieved by everyone through daily small gestures of love”

The presentation of the Maltese version of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation 'Rejoice and Be Glad'

05/06/2018

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  • Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna says that although our culture teaches us that only those who died for Christ are saints, in the new Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), Pope Francis has managed to bring down holiness from its pedestal. In the five chapters of the Exhortation, the Pope explains how in today’s world, holiness can be achieved in the family, in the workplace and in consecrated life, and other places…

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18 priests celebrating significant anniversaries of their presbyteral ordination

04/06/2018
  • Il-Ħadd, fil-festa ta’ Corpus Christi, 18-il saċerdot attendew għal Quddiesa mmexxija mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna fil-Katidral tal-Imdina, fejn fakkru għeluq il-25, il-50 u s-60 sena mill-ordinazzjoni tagħhom. Patri Rikkardu Attard OSA, Patri Damjan Cachia O Carm, Patri Lawrence Caruana SJ, Patri Noe Schiavone OSA, Dun Ġużepp Sultana minn Ħal Balzan (jinsab fid-Dar tal-Kleru) u Patri Hilary Tagliaferro OSA ġew ordnati saċerdoti fl-1958 u qed ifakkru s-60 anniversarju…

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Live: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

03/06/2018

  • Illum il-Ħadd, 3 ta’ Ġunju 2018, fid-9:30am, l‑Arċisqof jiċċelebra Pontifikal fis‑Solennità tal‑Ġisem u d‑Demm Imqaddes ta’ Ġesù (Corpus Christi) fil‑Katidral tal‑Imdina, flimkien mal‑Kapitlu. Waqt l-istess Quddiesa ser jieħdu wkoll sehem is‑saċerdoti li qed jiċċelebraw xi anniversarju speċjali mill‑ordinazzjoni tagħhom. Wara l-Quddiesa, l-Arċisqof ser imexxi purċissjoni bl‑Ewkaristija mat‑toroq ewlenin tal‑Imdina.

     

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Photos: Young people in dialogue with priests

2018 in-service course for priests comes to an end

02/06/2018

  • Ġie fi tmiemu l-aġġornament annwali għall-membri tal-Kleru (in-service course) li sar fis-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, fejn matul dawn it-tlett ijiem, is-saċerdoti kellhom l-opportunità jisimgħu direttament miż-żgħażagħ dwar kif iħarsu lejn il-Knisja. Is-seba’ żgħażagħ ta’ etajiet differenti li indirizzaw lis-saċerdoti kienu: social worker, tattoo artist, sound engineer, studenti tal-hairdressing u żagħżugħ Kattoliku li jaħdem f’negozju tal-familja.

    It-tema magħżula għall-aġġornament ta’ din is-sena  ntagħżlet fid-dawl tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet dwar iż-żgħażagħ li sejjaħ il-Papa Frangisku f’Ottubru li gej…

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Photos: The Archbishop’s Pastoral Visit to Siġġiewi Parish

02/06/2018

  • Bejn il-Ħadd, 27 u l-Erbgħa, 30 ta’ Mejju 2018, l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna żar il-parroċċa ta’ San Nikola, is-Siġġiewi.

    Waqt il-Viżta Pastorali l-Arċisqof iltaqa’ mal-istudenti u l-edukaturi tal-Iskola Primarja tal-Kulleġġ Sant’Injazju, u kellu laqgħat mat-tfal, l-adolexxenti u ż-żgħażagħ, mal-katekisti u l-operaturi pastorali tal-parroċċa, kif ukoll laqgħa ta’ djalogu mal-Kunsill Lokali. Fl-ewwel ġurnata tal-Viżta Pastorali l-Arċisqof amministra s-Sagrament tal-Ewwel Tqarbina lil madwar 100 tifel u tifla tal-parroċċa…

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Live: Archbishop to present Maltese translation of Pope’s latest apostolic exhortation ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’

31/05/2018

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  • L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna llejla ser jagħti preżentazzjoni u jniedi l-verżjoni bil-Malti tal-Eżortazzjoni Appostolika l-ġdida tal-Papa Franġisku Gaudete et Exsultate (Ifirħu u Thennew).

    Il-preżentazzjoni ser issir issir fis-7pm, fil-bitħa ċentrali tas-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof, tal-Virtù, ir-Rabat. Fi tmiem il-preżentazzjoni l-Arċisqof ser imexxi mument ta’ talb. Il-pubbliku huwa mistieden jattendi.

    F’din l-eżortazzjoni, il-Papa Franġisku jitkellem dwar is-sejħa għall-qdusija fid-dinja tal-lum…

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