News from the Church in Malta
Despite the varying situations and contexts of young people across the world their basic aspirations are the same. They want to be taken seriously, listened to, allowed to contribute and they want us to trust them, Cardinal Oswald Gracias from India said.
Listening
“Listening is key in the Synod process,” said French Sister Nathalie Becquart…
Three participants at the Synod of Bishops on Youth attended the daily press briefing. These included Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna, auxiliary bishop of Lyon, France, Emmanuel Gobilliard and Italian author Mr Thomas Leoncini. After offering their impressions of the Synod, two issues were addressed: the sexual abuse of minors and the role of women in the Church.
Participants impressions of the Synod
Archbishop Scicluna opened the briefing by saying that he was touched by the very vocal presence of 30 young people at the Synod who, at times, reacted vociferously to what they heard…
Wasla illum, 8 ta’ Ottubru 2018, tal-Isqof Malti Charles Gauci, Isqof tad-djoċesi ta’ Darwin, l-Awstralja. L-Isqof Gauci gie milqugħ fl-Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta mill-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi, minn Mons. Philip Calleja u Mons. Alfred Vella mill-Kummissjoni Emigranti, u mill-qraba tiegħu. Mons. Gauci, li twieled fl-1952, ġie ordnat saċerdot fl-1977 u kkonsagrat isqof fis-26 ta’ Settembru li għadda. Hu kien emigra lejn l-Awstralja mal-ġenituri tiegħu fl-1965 fl-età ta’ 13-il sena…
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The MSSP Oratory in Birkirkara, a catechetical and liturgical centre for adults, youths and children, has launched its pastoral program for the coming pastoral year:
The MSSP Oratory identity is the building of Christian communities through the power of the Word of God and its celebration in Liturgy. While the very ethos remains constant, the, themes change from year to year with the aim of teaching and forming adult Christians…
Pope Francis on Saturday expressed confidence that young people will provide the missionary dynamism for the Church’s evangelizing thrust in today’s fast changing, globalized and greatly interconnected world, saying they are not just the future but also the Church’s present.
His remarks came in a prepared address to a festive rally in the Vatican that brought together some 7,000 young people from various parts of the world and the Synod Fathers who are participating in the October 3-28 Synod of Bishops on the theme , “Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment.”
The Church goes out with the young
“The Church, therefore, does not go out ‘to’ the new generations, but goes out ‘with’ the new generations, and the Synod is the fruit of a work in which you have been and are protagonists,” the Pope said…
L‑Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ħatar lil Patri Renald Lofreda O.Carm bħala kappillan tal‑parroċċa tal‑Madonna tal‑Karmnu, il‑Balluta.
Patri Renald Lofreda twieled fid‑9 ta’ Settembru 1978 u għadda ħafna mit‑tfulija tiegħu fil‑parroċċa ta’ Santa Venera fejn sar jaf lill‑patrijiet tal‑Ordni Karmelitan. Huwa daħal mal‑Karmelitani fl‑1996 u għamel in‑novizzjat f’Pisa, l‑Italja, bejn Awwissu tal‑1998 u Settembru tal‑1999…
The Archdiocese of Malta and the Malta Food Bank Foundation signed an official agreement for the setting up of a food bank, the first of its kind in Malta. This service that is going to be administrated by the Malta Food Bank Foundation (MFBF) is aimed at recovering surplus food to distribute to NGOs that help the poor and those at risk of poverty…
“Today, there are many people who speak about the young, but few who speak to them.” These words of Paul VI were echoed during the fourth general congregation of the Synod of Bishops, which took place Wednesday morning.
The theme of listening was an important part of the morning assembly. The Synod Fathers heard of the need to listen to young people in the digital world, where an overabundance of information corresponds to a dearth of dreams, with the risk of creating “info-obese” children…
Following a request by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, the Kummissjoni Interdjoċesana Ambjent (KA) has formed an opinion on development application PA10598/17 for a development on St Rita Priory site, Paceville. The proposed development is for a 12-storey four-star accommodation building and office complex, with a language school and offices at basement level, and a further five basement levels for 246 underground parking spaces…
