News from the Church in Malta
On Friday 22 January 2016, a presentation of the message by Pope Francis for the 50th World Day forSocial Communications, is going to be held at the Vatican. The presentation is going to be broadcast ‘Live’ on YouTube, at noon.
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A large gathering of Christians participated in the Diocesan Ecumenical Service on Thursday 21st January 2016 at St Nicholas Church (tal-Erwieħ), Merchants Street, Valletta where Serbian Orthodox and other Orthodox Christians regularly assemble for the Divine Liturgy.
Archbishop Scicluna who was indisposed was represented by Fr Hector Scerri, President of the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission. At the beginning of the Service, Fr Scerri conveyed the greetings of Archbishop Scicluna, as well as those of Bishop Andrej, Serbian Orthodox bishop of Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Malta…
L-impjegati tal-Kurja tal-Arċisqof jixtiequ jwasslu l-kondoljanzi tagħhom lill-familja Vassallo wara li nhar it-Tlieta 19 ta’ Jannar 2016, tħabbret il-mewt ta’ Fr VicGeorge Vassallo. Fr VicGeorge kien id-Direttur tas-servizzi tal-IT fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof u fost ħidmiet oħrajn kien strumentali fit-twaqqif onlajn tal-arkivji diġitali tal-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta.
Fr VicGeorge ġie ordnat saċerdot fis-6 ta’ Lulju 1990. Fil-ħidma pastorali tiegħu huwa serva bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ Marsaxlokk u tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta…
Pope Francis says God looks beyond appearances and into the heart. He was speaking on Tuesday morning during Mass at Casa Santa Marta.
Drawing inspiration from the First Reading of the day that tells of the choice of the young David as king of Israel, the Pope pointed out that even in the lives of the saints there are temptations and sins, as demonstrated by the life of David…
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being held this week, till Monday 25th January 2016. The aim of this week of prayer is to overcome the differences which separate the members of different Christian Churches. This years’ theme is “Called to proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord” (1 Peter 2:9).
On this occasion, an Ecumenical Service will be held on Thursday 21st January 2016, at 6.30 p.m., at St…
Bħal kull sena, il-Knisja f’Malta tiċċelebra l-festa tal-Konverżjoni ta’ Missierna San Pawl. Iċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet se jsiru fil-Katidral tal-Imdina bejn is-Sibt 23 u l-Ħadd 24 ta’ Jannar li ġej, u se jkunu ppreseduti mill-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna.
Is-Sibt 23 ta’ Jannar 2016
4:45 p.m. Il-Kapitlu jilqa’ lill- Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna.
5:00 p.m. Installazzjoni ta’ Monsinjur effettiv, erba’ Monsinjuri Koġuturi, u tliet Monsinjuri Onorarji…
Pope Francis on Sunday became the third pope to visit Rome’s synagogue in a sign of continuing Catholic-Jewish friendship.
During the visit that featured welcome speeches by prominent members of Rome’s Jewish community and a speech by the Pope, Francis greeted a number of people including several Holocaust survivors.
Pope Francis recalled the tragedy of the Holocaust and paid tribute to the over 2000 Jews who were deported by the Nazis from Rome in October 1943…
Nhar il-Ħadd 17 ta’ Jannar 2016, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa f’Jum il-Migranti u r-Refuġati, fil-Kappella tar-Ragħaj it-Tajjeb, Ħal Balzan, flimkien mal-komunità Ertireana f’Malta.
Kappella tar-Ragħaj it-Tajjeb, Ħal-Balzan
17 ta’ Jannar 2016
Dan l-episodju tal-ewwel sinjal ta’ Ġesù waqt it-tieġ f’Kana tal-Galilija, jikkonkludi serje ta’ tliet episodji li aħna niċċelebraw fil-Milied li fihom il-Mulej Ġesù juri lilu nnifsu lill-ġnus, lill-bnedmin u lid-dixxipli.
L-ewwel episodju li qed nirrreferi għalih huwa ż-żjara tas-Slaten Maġi…
