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Public lecture by Jesuit Pierre de Charentenay S.J.

20/09/2014

Visiting Jesuit Fr Pierre de Charentenay S.J., PhD, will deliver a public lecture entitled ‘Restoration of a Charism’ on Friday 26th September at 7.30pm at Mount St Joseph Retreat House, Tarġa Gap, Mosta, as part of the bicentenary commemorative events marking the 1814 restoration of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits).

Pierre de Charentenay S.J., former president of the Jesuit Universities in Paris, France was also visiting Professor of Political Science at the Ateneo de Manila University…

20/09/2014

Greetings of Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco & Cardinal Reinhard Marx

Madrid, Friday 19 September – “the Church is free to express a value judgement about everything that happens and believes to be good – not to judge the hearts of people, but to refer to a more profound and realistic vision of the human person, the common good, and social relationships”, said yesterday Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa and CCEE Vice-President, in his welcoming address at the II Catholic Social Days for Europe, taking place in the Spanish capital until Sunday 21…

19/09/2014

Il-Kummissjoni Pastorali fid-Dinja tax-xogħol tixtieq ittenni l-ħsieb f’waqtu li Mons. Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. għamel fl-okkażjoni tal-Festa Nazzjonali tal-Vitorja ta’ din is-sena.

Mons. Arċisqof f’dan il-Jum Nazzjonali semma u kkummenta fuq ir-realtà tax-xogħol meta qal: ‘F’pajjiż żgħir bħal tagħna jista’ faċilment jiġri li l-avvanz ekonomiku mhux dejjem ikun ta’ ġid għall-iżvilupp ħolistiku tal-pajjiż. Jekk tiġi maħnuqa l-inizjattiva u l-ħidma tal-intrapriżi żgħar u medji minn dawk li huma msejħa l-ġganti tat-tkabbir ekonomiku, għada pitgħada dan jista’ jkun ta’ detriment għall-ekonomija ta’ pajjiżna…

19/09/2014

Pope Francis has sent a message – through his Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin – to the II Catholic Social Days for Europe, currently underway in Madrid.

The message states that “one of the great challenges for the Church in Europe is to find effective ways to bring the light of the Gospel to bear upon the pressing issues which affect the continent”, which include teh plague of youth unemployment and rising tides of popularism…

18/09/2014

L-Uffiċċju Djoċesan tal-Volontarjat qed jistieden lil dawk kollha nvoluti fil-qasam tal-volontarjat, għal seminar bit-tema ‘Għall-Qadi tal-Bniedem: Il-Vizjoni tal-Papa Franġisku’. Dan ser isir nhar is-Sibt 25 t’Ottubru 2014, fis-Seminarju tal-Virtu’, ir-Rabat, bejn id-9.15 a.m. u n-12.30 p.m.

Il-programm jinkludi preżentazzjoni minn Fr Joe Galea Curmi, Assistent Segretarju Pastorali, li ser iwieġeb għal diversi mistoqsijiet fosthom: x’inhuma l-isfidi li qed iħabbtu wiċċhom magħhom dawk li jaħdmu fis-servizz għall-oħrajn, b’liema mod il-bniedem jista’ jitqiegħed fiċ-ċentru tas-servizzi offruti, u kif nistgħu naħdmu kontra l-kultura tal-iskart fejn il-bniedem jispiċċa eskluż u mormi…

18/09/2014

Pope Francis encouraged Catholics go forth and bring the Gospel message to the world and to their communities.

Speaking on Wednesday during his General Audience the Pope spoke of the universal and apostolic nature of the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis explained that the word catholic means that she is universal, something that she shows by speaking all languages, which – he said – is the effect of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit gave to the Apostles and the whole Church the gift of proclaiming the Good News of God’s salvation and love to all, even to the ends of the earth…

17/09/2014

Pope Francis has asked people to accompany his visit to Albania this Sunday with prayer. Speaking at the end of his General Audience in St. Peter’s Square, the Holy Father said:

“Next Sunday, with God’s help, I will go in Albania. I decided to visit this country because it has suffered so much because of a terrible atheist regime and is now realizing peaceful coexistence among its various religious components”…

16/09/2014

At a briefing today, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, announced details of Pope Francis’ first Apostolic Voyage in Europe.

Pope Francis’ journey to Albania will be his fourth international voyage, and the first to European country outside of Italy.

Father Lombardi said one of the main reasons for the Pope’s visit was to honour the martyrs for the faith who lived in Albania, the victims of atheistic Communism…

15/09/2014

The European Conference of Justice & Peace Commissions will meet from the 3rd to the 7th of October in Athens and Corinth for their annual International Workshop and General Assembly. The general theme of the meeting is “Human Dignity and Economic Crisis”. During the General Assembly, Archbishop Jean-Claude Hollerich from Luxemburg will take over from Bishop William Kenney, auxiliary bishop from Birmingham, as President of Justice and Peace Europe. 22 of the 30 European JP commissions will be represented in Athens…

15/09/2014

The Church Schools Spiritual Development Unit within the Secretariat for Catholic Education, in conjunction with the Secretariat for the Clergy and the Spiritual Counselors Coordinator of the Church in Malta are inviting teachers, youth workers, social workers, counselors, psychologists, therapists and the general public for a series of two-hour seminars on the need to heal deep wounds inflicted by abuse…