Between Tuesday 1st and Thursday 4th March 2016, a conference was held in Malta for the delegates for Catechesis of the European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE). Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna celebrated Mass at the beginning of the conference which was held at the Archbishop’s Seminary, Tal‑Virtù. Concluding Statement of the CCEE-Malta conference Catechesis in Europe today faces old and new challenges. The rapid change of our societies, especially in the light of the new social media, requires a differentiated approach…
L-aħbar makabra tal-anzjan minn Ħaż-Żabbar li kien ilu tmien ġimgħat mejjet qabel instab, titlob ftit riflessjoni mhux ħażin. L-ewwel ħsieb tagħna jmur lejn dawk qrib tiegħu u noffrulhom il-kondoljanzi tagħna. Skont l-aħħar Ċensiment jirriżulta li ftit aktar minn għaxra fil-mija tal-popolazzjoni, jiġifieri 44,463 huma persuni ta’ aktar minn sebgħin sena. Minn dawn hemm numru sinifikanti ta’ anzjani li jgħixu weħidhom. Fl-attività li saret mill-Caritas fil-Milied li għadda beda ħiereġ biċ-ċar kemm hi kbira din il-problema f’pajjizna u wasal iż-żmien li tibda ħidma bis-serjetà mill-awtoritajiet kollha u mis-Soċjetà Ċivili biex kemm jista’ jkun jinstabu soluzzjonijiet…
Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican on Tuesday morning. In remarks to the faithful following the readings of the day, the Holy Father spoke on the season of Lent as a privileged time in which to prepare our hearts to receive God’s forgiveness and to forgive our neighbors in turn, forgetting the faults of others…
Il-Ġimgħa 4 ta’ Marzu, fis-6:00 p.m., Monsinjur Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ikompli bil-mixjiet penitenzjali ta’ żmien ir-Randan, billi jmexxi Pellegrinaġġ Penitenzjali bl-istatwa devota ta’ Ġesù Redentur, fl-Isla.
God’s salvation comes not from great things, not from power or money, no from clerical or political networks, but from little and simple things that sometimes even arise from disdain. Francis proposed this meditation during Mass at Santa Marta on Monday morning, 29 February. “The Church prepares us for Easter and today makes us reflect on salvation: what do we think salvation is like”, Francis began, “the salvation that we all want?”…
Speaking before the recitation of the Marian prayer and drawing inspiration from Sunday’s Gospel, the Pope said that “even today, in the face of certain misfortunes and tragic events, we can be tempted to ‘discharge’ the responsibility on the victims, or even God himself. But the Gospel, he said, invites us to reflect on what is our idea of God? “Do we believe that God is that way, or is it our own projection, a god made ‘in our image and likeness’?” The Holy Father stressed, that Jesus calls upon us to draw from painful events a warning that concerns everyone, because we are all sinners…
On Friday 26th February 2016, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna led a Penitential Pilgrimage from Stella Maris church to the Jesus of Nazareth church, and later celebrated Mass, in Sliema. Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu, Tas-Sliema26 ta’ Frar 2016 L-Evanġelju ta’ San Mark jispjegalna għaliex il-kwadru ta’ Ġesù Nazzarenu huwa kif inhu, bl-ilbies aħmar u l-kuruna tax-xewk (Mk 15, 17)…
To truly live our faith, we must recognize the poor who are near to us. In them, Jesus Himself knocks at the door of our heart: that was Pope Francis’ message during the morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta on Thursday. Christians in a bubble of vanity In the Gospel of the day, Jesus tells the parable of the rich man “who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day,” and who did not recognize that at his door there was a poor man named Lazarus, who was covered with sores…
Il-Bord għad-Dħul fl-Iskejjel tal-Knisja jixtieq javża li s‑Segretarjat tal‑Edukazzjoni Nisranija ser jilqa’ applikazzjonijiet tard (late applications) skont il‑Kriterju ‘Applikanti Oħra’, għad‑dħul fl‑iskejjel tal‑Knisja fl‑ewwel sena kindergarten, it‑tieni sena kindergarten, l‑ewwel sena primarja u l‑ewwel sena sekondarja. Dawn l‑applikazzjonijiet, għas-sena skolastika li tibda f’Settembru 2016, ser jintlaqgħu nhar il‑Ġimgħa, 26 ta’ Frar 2016, bejn id‑9:00 a.m. u s‑1:00 p.m., fil‑Kurja tal‑Arċisqof, il‑Furjana…
