News from the Church in Malta
L-intervent li l-Isqof Mario Grech għamel nhar is-Sibt 10 ta’ Ottubru 2015, kmieni wara nofsinhar, fil-preżenza tal-Papa Franġisku u tal-Isqfijiet, waqt l-Erbatax-il Assemblea Ġenerali Ordinarja tas-Sinodu tal-Isqfijiet, li qed tiltaqa’ fl-Awla Sinodali, fil-Vatikan. It-tema ta’ dan is-Sinodu hi “Il-vokazzjoni u l-missjoni tal-familja fil-Knisja u fid-dinja tal-lum”…
At the Synod of Bishops on the Family on Friday morning, participants presented the results of their small language group work that has been going on behind closed doors for the past couple of days. Each group has been discussing the first section of the Synod’s working document, orInstrumentum Laboris, focused on the challenges facing family life today.
Who exactly are those rows of men with their red and purple hats, sitting in the Synod Hall for three whole weeks? …
God does not abandon the righteous, while those who sow evil are like strangers, whose names heaven remembers not. This is the lesson Pope Francis drew from the readings of the day at Mass Thursday morning in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican.
A courageous young mother with a husband and three children – and a tumor – “one of the ugly ones” – that keeps her nailed to her bed…
Nhar l-Erbgħa 7 t’Ottubru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna inawgura s-sena kateketika l-ġdida fis-Santwarju Ħniena Divina, fiż-żona ta’ San Pawl Tat-Tarġa, in-Naxxar. L-Arċisqof bierek lill-katekisti għas-sena kateketika l-ġdida u ltaqa’ mat-tfal fil-klassijiet tat-tagħlim Nisrani fiċ-Ċentru taż-Żona Parrokkjali.
Photos: Photocity, Valletta…
At the press briefing on 7th October 2015, the Holy See Press Office announced that the Synod Fathers had elected chairpersons and moderators for their “circuli minores” (small groups). The thirteen groups were determined by language. The groups began to work on Wednesday morning on the first part of Instrumentum Laboris which outlines the context in which contemporary family life is lived…
The youth organisations who are interested to go to the World Youth Day in Poland in July 2016, are invited to a meeting organised on Wednesday 14th October at 7pm in ZAK house, 213 Brared street, Birkirkara.
ZAK was entrusted by Mgr. Charles J. Scicluna the Archbishop of Malta, to coordinate the organisation of a group of young people from Malta to the World Youth Day…
Nhar is-Sibt 4 t’Ottubru 2015, l-Arcisqof Charles J. Scicluna ċċelebra Quddiesa waqt il-kampanja ta’ ġbir ta’ fondi għal Angela House, fil-knisja ta’ Ġieżu, ir-Rabat.
Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
Knisja ta’ Ġieżu, ir-Rabat
4 ta’ Ottubru 2015
Nixtieq naqsam magħkom riflessjoni bbażata fuq żewġ kelmiet importanti ta’ Ġesù: il-kelma fuq l-istabbilità fiż-żwieġ, u t-tieni kelma dwar il-bżonn kbir li nilqgħu lit-tfal u nieħdu ħsiebhom (Mk 10, 2-16)…
On the 23rd and 24th October at the Seminary in Rabat, the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice will hold a non-residential training seminar called ‘Jimpurtani’ to equip youth leaders with the basic knowledge and skills to use a newly published manual of activities in Maltese called ‘X’Jimpurtani’. This manual contains 10 sessions about the impact of the media, fair trade, poverty, immigration, politics, the environment, work and war…
Pope Francis has warned against having a hard heart that is closed to God’s mercy.
Speaking on Tuesday morning during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta before joining the Synod Fathers gathered in the Vatican Synod Hall, the Pope urged the faithful not to put one’s own convictions or a list of commandments before the Lord’s mercy.
Drawing inspiration from the first reading of the Book of Jonah, the Pope pointed out that Jonah is initially resistant to God’s will, but eventually learns that he must obey the Lord.
Remarking on the fact that the city of Nineveh converts thanks to Jonah’s preaching, Pope Francis said “it really was a miracle, because in this case he abandons his stubbornness, his rigidity, to obey the will of God, and he did what the Lord commanded him.”
And afterwards, the Pope said, after the conversion of Nineveh, Jonah “who was not a man who was docile to the Spirit of God, was angry”…
On Friday 2nd October 2015, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna presided over a meeting on the occasion of the opening of the Pastoral Year of Cana Movement, at the Catholic Institute in Floriana.
The Archbishop’s message is to be uploaded shortly.
Photos: Communications Office, Curia…
