News from the Church in Malta
Nhar il-Ħadd 21 ta’ Diċembru 2014, sar festin tal-Milied għat-tfal residenti fid-Djar tal-Knisja, fl-awditorjum tas-Seminarju, f’tal-Virtu’. L-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku sede vacante, u l-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona O.P. żaru dan il-festin u ltaqgħu mat-tfal preżenti. Din l-attività ġiet organizzata minn ‘RTK 4 Charity’ bħala parti mill-kampanja ‘Familji fil-Bżonn’.
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Pope Francis on Sunday invited the faithful to listen carefully when God knocks at their door. “Too often – he said – Jesus passes by in our lives, he sends an angel and we are so caught up in our thoughts and concerns we do not even notice”. Speaking to the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus Prayer, the Pope reflected on the liturgy of the last Sunday of Advent that tells of the Annunciation of the Archangel Gabriel to Mary and on how she simply, and humbly – with an attitude of total faith in the Lord – said “yes”…
Italian Catholic Action is one of the most active lay movements in Italy today and is made up of both adults and children and it was to the children of this group that the Pope extended his Christmas greetings on Thursday.
This year these boys and girls have been focusing on a particular theme “Everything to be discovered” and Pope Francis, reflecting on this slogan had some useful tips for the children present…
Fl-okkażjoni tal-festi ta’ żmien il-Milied u l-bidu tas-Sena l-Ġdida, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku sede vacante, l-Arċisqof Emeritu Pawlu Cremona O.P. u l-Arċisqof Emeritu Ġuzeppi Mercieca, nhar il-Ħadd 28 ta’ Diċembru ser jilqgħu lil kull min jixtieq iżurhom għal bdil tal-awguri tal-istaġun, bejn l-10.00 a.m. u nofsinhar.
Il-bdil tal-awguri ser isir fil-Kurja tal-Arċisqof, il-Furjana. Minħabba raġunijiet ta’ aċċessibilità, ser ikun miftuħ il-bieb ta’ San Kalċedonju fi Triq Vinċenzo Buġeja (u mhux il-bieb prinċipali)…
Pope Francis on Wednesday offered his congratulations to the governments of the United States and Cuba, as they announced the two countries will start talks on resuming diplomatic relations. A statement from the Vatican Secretariat of State said that in recent months the Pope had written to both Cuban President Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama, inviting them to “resolve humanitarian questions of common interest”…
Nhar it-Tnejn 15 ta’ Diċembru 2014, l-Isqof Charles J. Scicluna, Amministratur Appostoliku sede vacante attenda kunċert fil-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta, fil-ftuħ taċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet fl-okkażjoni tal-50 sena mit-twaqqif tad-Dar tal-Providenza. Il-Kunċert ittella’ mill-Banda tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta, bil-kollaborazzjoni ta’ RTK4Charity u bil-korteżija tal-Fondazzjoni tal-Kon-Katidral ta’ San Ġwann, taħt il-patroċinju distint tal-E.T. il-President ta’ Malta, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca…
God saves “a repentant heart,” while he who does not trust in Him draws “condemnation” upon himself. This message was at the heart of Pope Francis’s homily during morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.
Humility saves man in God’s eyes, while pride is a loser. The key lies in the heart. The heart of a humble person is open, it knows repentance, it accepts correction and trusts in God…
Nhar it-Tnejn 15 ta’ Diċembru 2014, saret konferenza stampa dwar dettalji tad-dsatax-il edizzjoni tal-Festa ta’ Ġenerożità li ssir fl-Ewwel ta’ Jannar ta’ kull sena organizzata minn RTK4Charity biex jinġabru fondi ħalli d-Dar tal-Providenza tkun tista’ tkompli bil-ħidma tagħha u ssaħħaħa. Dan qalu Fr Martin Micallef, Direttur tad-Dar, waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet li saret dalgħodu. “Hija ħaġa sabiħa ħafna,” qal Fr Martin, “li l-poplu Malti u Għawdxi propju jibda sena ġdida billi juri min tassew hu, poplu ġeneruż, poplu li jaf issarraf is-solidarjetà fil-prattika.”
Fr Martin semma’ erba’ għanijiet għall-Festa ta’ Ġenerożità mad-Dar tal-Providenza…
The day’s Gospel reading, which relates how the chief priests asked Jesus by what authority He did His works, was the focus of the Pope’s homily on Monday. It is a demand, the Pope explained, that demonstrates the “hypocritical heart” of those people – people who were not interested in the truth, who sought only their own interests, and went where the wind blew: you should go this way, you should go that way…” They were weathervanes, all of them! …
On Friday 19th December, 2014, six seminarians are going to be instituted in the Acolyte Ministry by His Lordship Monsignor Charles J. Scicluna, Titular Bishop of San Leone, Apostolic Administrator, Sede Vacante, during a mass celebrated at St Joseph Parish Church, Kalkara, commencing at 6:30pm.
The Six seminarians are Sergio Fenech and Mark Mallia Pawley from St Sebastian’s Parish, Ħal Qormi, Claude Mifsud from the Parish of the Assumption of Mary, Mosta, James Saydon from the Parish of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Naxxar, Andrew Schembri from the of St George’s Parish, Ħal Qormi, and Gilbert Scicluna from St Joseph’s Parish, Kalkara…
