News from the Church in Malta
The Cana Movement is inviting couples who got married last year and couples who will be getting married in 2025 to join in the celebration of the Mass.
The Mass for couples who entered into the sacrament of marriage last year will be led by Archbishop Charles Scicluna and will be held tomorrow, Saturday, 4 January 2025, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, at 5:45pm… Read more »
For the people of Malta and Gozo, the first day of the year was again a show of generosity towards Id-Dar tal-Providenza, an expression of solidarity by donating €1,540,278 during Festa ta’ Ġenerożità.
This marathon also ushered in a special year for the Home because it happens to be the 60th anniversary of its founding. During all these years the Home offered permanent residency to 270 persons with disability as well as many others who needed respite services… Read more »
Archbishop Charles Scicluna has announced the list of sacred churches in Malta linked to the granting of the plenary indulgence during this Jubilee Year dedicated to the virtue of hope.
In the words of Pope Francis, plenary indulgence offer the faithful the opportunity to rediscover “the unlimited nature of God’s mercy.” Also through visits to these sacred places, “we allow the Lord to erase our sins, to heal our hearts, to raise us up, to embrace us and to reveal to us his tender and compassionate (Spes Non Confundit, 23)… Read more »
Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace
I. Listening to the plea of an endangered humanity
1. At the dawn of this New Year given to us by our heavenly Father, a year of Jubilee in the spirit of hope, I offer heartfelt good wishes of peace to every man and woman. I think especially of those who feel downtrodden, burdened by their past mistakes, oppressed by the judgment of others and incapable of perceiving even a glimmer of hope for their own lives… Read more »
Bishops worldwide celebrated the opening of the 2025 Jubilee Year on December 29 with Masses in their cathedrals and co-cathedrals focused on hope, the central theme of the Holy Year which Pope Francis inaugurated on Christmas Eve with the solemn opening of the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica.
Holy Land
In the Holy Land Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa presided over the celebratory Mass for his diocese at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth… Read more »
In support of Id-Dar tal-Providenza, 108 stunning works of art, generously donated by local and foreign artists, will be auctioned off online on www.belgraviaauctions.com during Festa ta’ Ġenerożità on New Year’s Day, 1st January 2025.
For those who wish to view the works of art in person, the pieces will be exhibited on the same day at the hall of Id-Dar tal-Providenza in Siġġiewi… Read more »
Ritratt: Ian Noel Pace
Matul ix‑xahar ta’ Jannar, l‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta xxandar il‑quddiesa kuljum fid‑9:30am fuq TVM, Knisja.mt u Newsbook Malta. Mit‑Tnejn sas‑Sibt tixxandar it‑talba tar‑rużarju fuq Knisja.mt, Newsbook Malta, u Facebook u YouTube tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta. Kull nhar ta’ Ħadd, il‑quddiesa tixxandar fuq TVM, Knisja.mt u Newsbook Malta, l‑istazzjon tar‑radju RTK 103, u Facebook u YouTube tal‑Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta… Read more »
Mill-korsijiet tal-Kontabilità u l-Psikoloġija fl-Università ta’ Malta, Christianne Farrugia u Erika Spiteri jinsabu fi vjaġġ li bdew madwar tliet snin ilu – dak li jista’ jwassalhom biex isiru sorijiet.
Newsbook Malta reħielha lejn il-kunvent tas-sorijiet tal-Ordni Agostinjan fi Fleur de Lys fejn iltaqa’ ma’ żewġ tfajliet li qed iħarsu lejn il-ħajja vokazzjonali ta’ soru bħala possibiltà fejn jistgħu jkompli jesploraw il-ferħ tas-sejħa, iżda wkoll kif jistgħu jaqsmuha ma’ oħrajn… Read more »
Message by Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi
Illum fl-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta u fid-djoċesi ta’ Għawdex qed nagħtu bidu għall-Ġublew 2025. Dan isegwi l-inawgurazzjoni uffiċjali tas-Sena Mqaddsa mill-Papa Franġisku lejlet il-Milied, immarkata mill-ftuħ tal-Bieb Imqaddes fil-Bażilika ta’ San Pietru fil-Vatikan.
Is-Sena tal-Ġublew hi żmien importanti għall-Knisja Kattolika. Il-Papa Franġisku għażel bħala tema: “Pellegrini tat-Tama”. Din il-mixja tħeġġeġ tiġdid tal-fidi u impenn ġdid għall-ħajja spiritwali. F’dinja li qed taffaċċja sfidi profondi, din it-tema sservi bħala gwida għalina lkoll… Read more »
On Sunday, 29th December 2024, Archbishop Charles Scicluna will inaugurate the Jubilee Year 2025 in the Archdiocese of Malta under the theme ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. This event follows the official opening of the Holy Year by Pope Francis on Christmas Eve, marked by the opening of the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, where the Pope then presided over Mass.
The celebration in the Church of Malta will begin at 5pm with a liturgical rite observed across the Catholic world… Read more »
