News from the Church in Malta
One of the volumes of Jesu of Nazaret by Pope Benedict XVI
The Vatican Publishing House announced that it has made an agreement with the Italian publisher Rizzoli for the third and final volume of Benedict XVI’s book on Jesus. This last portion of the work is expected in Italy by Christmas.
It was announced last month that the Pope had completed Volume 3, on the infancy of Jesus… Read more »
Pope Benedict XVI
The Pope commented on Sunday’s Gospel reading from St. Mark in which “Jesus began to speak openly about what would happen to Him at the end. … It is clear that a great interior distance separates Jesus and His disciples. This, the Holy Father explained, “reminds us that God’s logic is always “other” with respect to our own. … For this reason, following the Lord always requires a profound conversion on the part of man, a change in his or her way of thinking and living… Read more »
On Saturday 22nd September 2012, a final declaration was issued by the International Conference “The Arab Spring…One Year Later”, organised by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Church in Malta. The Conference was held at the Archbishop’s Seminary at Tal-Virtú, Rabat, with more than 40 participants getting from 30 different countries.
Click Here to download the Final Decleration… Read more »
Nhar il-Ħamis 20 ta’ Settembru 2012, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. inawgura s-Sena Pastorali 2012-2013 tal-Moviment ta’ Kana, fiċ-Ċentru ĊAK, B’Kara. Il-programm tal-ftuħ kien jinkludi introduzzjoni mid-Direttur tal-Moviment ta’ Kana, Fr Joe Mizzi; id-diskors ta’ Fr Joe Galea Curmi, u wara xi interventi min-nies preżenti fuq is-suġġett; u għeluq mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P.
Hawn taħt qiegħdin ninkludu d-diskors sħiħ li għamel Fr Joe Galea Curmi fil-ftuħ tas-Sena Pastorali tal-Moviment ta’ Kana… Read more »
Monday
9.15 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a Curia senior staff meeting, at his residence in Attard.
Tuesday
9.30 a.m. The Archbishop presides over a meeting of the Episcopal Conference, at the Curia.
7.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets young people who participated in voluntary work during summer. The meeting is organised by the Diocesan Youth Commission (KDZ) and will be held at St Vincent de Paule residence… Read more »
Bejn il-Ħamis u l-Ħadd, 13 u 16 ta’ Settembru 2012, il-Kummissjoni Pastorali fid-Dinja tax-Xogħol attendiet għal laqgħa tal-GEPO (Grupp Ewropew tal-Pastorali tal-Ħaddiema) li saret f’Remich, il-Lussemburgu. P. William Bartolo ofm conv. u s-Sur Saviour Spiteri attendew f’isem il-KPDX Malta. Għal din il-laqgħa attendew rappreżentanti mill-Polonja, ir-Rumanija, il-Belġju, il-Ġermanja, l-Ingilterra, il-Portugall, l-Iżvizzera u miż-Żgħażagħ Ħaddiema Nsara Internazzjonali. Kien hemm preżenti wkoll il-President tal-EZA (Ċentru Ewropew tal-Ħaddiema)… Read more »
Bejn Ottubru u Mejju li ġejjin fiċ-Ċentru Pastorali Familja Mqaddsa, is-Sgħajtar, se jittellgħu 22 laqgħa li se jidħlu ftit fil-fond dwar l-istqarrija tal-fidi tagħna. L-isfond ser ikun il-Kredu u minnu ser jittieħdu titli għad-diskussjoni.
Il-laqgħat miftuħin għal kulħadd ser jitmexxew minn Fr.Ray Zammit, ir-Rettur taċ-Ċentru Pastorali li se jkunu dejjem kull nhar ta’ Ħamis fis-7:45pm.
Ser ikun hemm min jieħu ħsieb it-tfal u refreshments ser jitqassmu wara l-quddiesa tas-7pm… Read more »
St. Francis Xavier
He’s known as the Apostle of the East, the most travelled missionary and evangeliser since the days of St Paul. St Francis Xavier, co-founder of the Society of Jesus, lived in the first half of the 16th century and was famed for his work of bringing the Gospel to India, Japan and parts of modern day Indonesia.
He never travelled to Australia of course, because it hadn’t been discovered by European explorers back then… Read more »
Papal audience
The following are some of the Pope’s words during hid weekly general audience in the Vatikan.
“Dear friends, the days spent in Lebanon were a wonderful manifestation of faith and religious feeling and a prophetic sign of peace. The multitude of believers from the entire Middle East, had the opportunity to reflect, to talk and especially to pray together, renewing their commitment to root their lives in Christ… Read more »
On the 11th October, the Church in Malta will unite with the Universal Church for the commencement of the Year of the Faith. One year ago, in his Apostolic Letter ‘Porta Fidei’, Pope Benedict XVI announced this special event for the Catholic Church, “summons to an authentic and renewed conversion to the Lord, the One Saviour of the world”… Read more »
