News from the Church in Malta
Wara sentejn għix ‘il bogħod minn martu u minn bintu li qatt ma ra, Gnagbo Maxime Ani, missier mill-Kosta tal-Ivorju, reġa’ ngħaqad mal-familja li tinsab f’Malta.
Gnagbo Maxime Ani, flimkien ma’ martu, Ester Mohiri Zepre, li kienet qed tistenna tarbija, fit-2 ta’ April 2015, kienu fost grupp ta’ migranti li qasmu b’dgħajsa mil-Libja għall-Ewropa. Waqt il-vjaġġ, feġġew ċirkustanzi li minħabba fihom Ester ġiet elevata b’ħelikopter u mwassla l-Isptar Mater Dei, f’Malta…
On the occasion of the official inauguration of the new Cathedral’s Maestro di Cappella, Maestro Hamish Dustagheer will be perfoming in an organ recital, at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, on Saturday, 17th June 2017.
The inauguration ceremony begins at 6:00 p.m., with the celebration of Mass presided over by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna. The repertoire for the concert which will be held after Mass, will consist of excerpts of classical music by composers Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Gabriel Pierne and Julius Reubke…
A statement from the Institute for the Works of Religion, popularly known as the Vatican Bank, published its annual financial report on Monday, showing net gains of €36 million for the year 2016.
That figure is more than twice the €16.1 million income of the previous year, which the statement says was achieved through “a prudent approach in managing IOR’s investments in a year characterised by high volatility, global political uncertainty due to unexpected outcomes of major electoral events and low interest rates”…
Caritas in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan has organised the distribution of food parcels for the most needy Muslim families in the poorest parts of Naur district, western urban area of the city of Amman.
The launching of the programme, organised jointly with the local Latin Catholic parish, was greeted with speeches and interventions on the part of Christian and Muslim representatives, including Jordanian priest Fr Rifat Bader, promoter of the Catholic Centre for Studies and Media…
Mal-200 membru tal-Kleru (kemm djoċesani kif ukoll reliġjużi) attendew għal tliet ijiem ta’ taħriġ, hekk imsejjaħ Aġġornament Teoloġiku-Pastorali, bħala parti mill-continuous professional development tal-qassis.
It-tema li ntagħżlet għal din is-sena hi: Lejn dixxerniment, akkumpanjament u integrazzjoni: x’jgħinna nipprattikawhom?
Fid-dawl tal-Eżortazzjoni Apostolika Amoris Laetitia li kiteb il-Papa Franġisku, l-għan prinċipali ta’ dawn it-tliet ijiem kien li s-saċerdoti jkomplu jiżviluppaw l-atteġġjamenti u jsaħħu l-ħiliet neċessarji sabiex jakkumpanjaw il-koppji fid-dinja tal-lum.
Fl-ewwel ġurnata ta’ taħriġ, Dun Anton Teuma indika l-atteġġjamenti neċessarji sabiex il-qassis ikun jista’ jgħin il-koppji fit-tfittxija tagħhom ta’ Alla u tat-tajjeb…
Nhar l-Erbgħa li ġej, fl-4pm, se ssir taħdita fuq il-patri Karmelitan Avertan Fenech minn Dr Pauline Dimech.
L-attività se ssir fil-boardroom tal-Fakultà tat-Teoloġija, kamra 317, u qed issir b’kollaborazzjoni mal-Ordni Karmelitana.
Il-Knisja f’Malta tat bidu għall-kawża tal-beatifikazzjoni u l-kanonizzazzjoni ta’ Patri Avertan Fenech wara li l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna laqa’ t-talba tal-postulatriċi generali Dr Giovanna Brizi biex jitwaqqaf tribunal għal dan il-għan…
Managing money, combatting corruption, planning a budget and guaranteeing transparency in all financial transactions. These important skills will be at the heart of a new programme on Church management to be launched next spring at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome.
Designed to give priests, religious and lay people the skills to be better stewards of the Church’s resources, the course has been put together in partnership with a group of American Catholic universities and leadership training institutes…
Men and women of goodwill across the globe on Thursday responded to Pope Francis’ call to join in prayer to participate in the “One Minute for Peace” initiative.
The Pope’s appeal for prayers and international participation in the initiative came during his Wednesday General Audience when he recalled that the initiative represents a short moment a of prayer on the recurrence of the meeting in the Vatican between the Pope, the late Israeli President Peres, and the Palestinian President Abbas…
Today, 8th June 2017, at the Mdina Cathedral, the St Monica Choir will be teaming up with international British tenor Nicholas Mulroy to present a journey of 300 years through the world of sacred music.
The choir will be showcasing new techniques learnt through the exploration of the sacred repertoire ranging from Bach and Handel to contemporary compositions, and also including Maltese composers.
The audience will also have the opportunity to listen to the brilliant Nicholas Mulroy who will be singing with the choir as well as in some solo pieces.
The St Monica Choir is one of the oldest and most prestigious choirs in Malta having celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014 and which has gone from strength to strength performing both in Malta and overseas with various acclaimed conductors.
The choir has offered the Maltese public concerts of high calibre; Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Jenkin’s The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace and last November Verdi’s Requiem under the direction of Mro Michael Laus with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra…
