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10/05/2018

Bejn is-Sibt, 5 u t-Tnejn, 7 ta’ Mejju 2018, l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna żar il-Parroċċa tal-Konverżjoni ta’ San Pawl, Ħal Safi.

F’diversi okkażjonijiet waqt il-Viżta Pastorali l-Arcisqof iltaqa’ man-nies tal-lokal, inkluż fil-post tax-xogħol tagħhom u fil-każin tal-banda. L-Arċisqof iltaqa’ wkoll mal-istudenti u l-edukaturi tal-Iskola Primarja tal-Kulleġġ San Benedittu, u kellu laqgħat ta’ djalogu mal-Kunsill Lokali, mat-tfal, l-adolexxenti u ż-żgħażagħ, u mal-katekisti u l-operaturi pastorali tal-parroċċa…

Church schools’ choirs join forces to help families in need

10/05/2018

Ftit snin ilu, ħaddiema soċjali fi ħdan is-Segretarjat tal-Edukazzjoni Nisranija ħassew il-bżonn li jgħinu iktar lill-familji li għaddejjin minn xi diffikultajiet finanzjarji. Għalhekk bdiet fis-seħħ iċ-Church Schools Children’s Fund (CSCF), li iktar tard ġiet irreġistrata bħala organizzazzjoni volontarja, fi ħdan is-Segretarjat tal-Edukazzjoni Nisranija.

Is-CSCF twqqfet bil-għan li tkun tista’ tgħin u toffri sapport lill-istudenti li jattendu l-iskejjel tal-Knisja, u lill-familji tagħhom, li jkunu qed jagħddu minn xi diffikultajiet…

09/05/2018

St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation and University of Malta (UM) have set the path for a future of collaboration following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.

“Through a culture of sharing and widening our horizons we can look at collaborations such as this, between the University of Malta and a world heritage site such as St John’s Co-Cathedral, as forward looking and a means to utilise expertise to enhance our knowledge about such monuments,” stated Minister for Culture, Owen Bonnici…

09/05/2018

The Department of Fundamental & Dogmatic Theology will be hosting a Theology Research Seminar entitled ‘The Semitic Element in the Maltese Religious Lexicon‘.
Speaker: Prof. Martin Zammit
Venue: Theology Board Room (Room 317), Faculty of Theology, University of Malta
Date: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Time: 16:00 – 17:00
The mixed nature of the Maltese language, characterized by its Semitic and Romance components, is also reflected in the religious lexis in which Maltese Christianity is expressed…

08/05/2018

The Archdiocese of Malta has been awarded €2.2 million in EU funds for the conservation, protection and promotion of ecclesiastical cultural heritage. Over a period of three years, the archives of the Archbishop’s Curia and a total of 15 parishes will benefit from the funds, following an application submitted by the Foundation for Cultural Heritage of the Archdiocese of Malta, to the Project Selection Committee for the allocation of EU funds (2014 – 2020).

The parishes which will benefit from these funds, for the restoration of historial buildings and the conservation of our cultural heritage, are: Attard, Balzan, Birkirkara (St Helen), Birkirkara (St Mary), Dingli, Gharghur, Marsaxlokk, Mdina, Mgarr, Mellieha, Mosta (including Bidnija), Naxxar, Paola (Christ the King), Rabat, and Tarxien…

08/05/2018

Huge crowds across Latin America took to the streets in recent days to call for the protection of human life from conception to natural death.

On May 5, some 400,000 Colombians in 53 cities across the country turned out for pro-life marches.

Event organizer “United for Life” told ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish language sister agency, that the objectives of the march included annulling court rulings in recent years that legalized abortion in some cases and euthanasia…

08/05/2018

Żagħżugħ li twieled qabel is-sena 2000, kif inhu differenti minn żagħżugħ li twieled wara? X’qiegħed ifittex iż-żagħażugħ ta’ wara s-sena 2000?

Iż-żgħażagħ li jagħmlu parti mill-ġenerazzjoni ta’ bejn is-16 u l-20 sena, magħrufa bħala Generation-z, ser ikunu s-suġġett ta’ Think Tank li ċ-Ċentru Djoċesan tal-Vokazzjonijiet, flimkien mas-Seminarju tal-Arċisqof qed jorganizza nhar is-Sibt 12 ta’ Mejju fis-Seminarju r-Rabat…

07/05/2018

100 academics from the University of Malta have concluded that the proposed amendments to the Embryo Protection Act gravely weaken the protection of the human embryo at its most vulnerable stage. The academics from 14 different faculties of the University of Malta have expressed their concerns in an academic paper (copy attached in English) which is being published today, Saturday 5th May 2018…

07/05/2018

Love is not empty words or what is depicted in romantic films – it is action and service toward others, Pope Francis said in a homily at a Roman parish Sunday.

“Love is not what they say in movies… Love is not playing violins, all romantic. No, love is work. Love shows itself in works, not in words,” he said at Santissimo Sacramento parish May 6…

05/05/2018

Infakkru li hu pprojbit li jsir ħruq tan-nar minn fuq il-knejjes jew minn proprjetà tal-Knisja.

Din hi policy li għandha tapplika għal kull knisja u proprjetà li tagħha hi responsabbli l-Knisja. Ma jsirux eċċezzjonijiet f’anniversarji jew ċirkustanzi oħra.

Hu dmir tal-arċipriet/kappillan jew tar-rettur tal-knisja partikulari li jara li din il-policy tkun segwita.

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