News from the Church in Malta
Pope Benedict XVI walks during his visit at the House of the Verbites in Nemi.
The director of the Vatican press office commented on Benedict XVI’s trip today to the house of the Verbites in Nemi, Italy, noting that it was a chance for the Pope to visit the place where as a young theologian he worked on documents of the Second Vatican Council… Read more »
On Monday 18th June 2012, Archbishop Cremona presided over the Parish Assembly of Marija Reġina in Marsa. More information about the parish assembly will be put shortly.
Click on the photos to enlarge. The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »
Speaking from his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about Sunday’s Gospel, which tells how Jesus, when He had returned to His hometown of Nazareth, was rejected by His own people. “This fact is understandable,” the Pope said, “because familiarity at the human level makes it difficult to go beyond that and to be open to the divine dimension.”
Jesus was not able to work any miracles in Nazareth – “apart from curing a few sick people by laying His hands on them” – because the people were closed off to the spiritual dimension… Read more »
Il-Kummissjoni Emigranti tixtieq tavża li l-Ewwel Tqarbina u l- Grizma tal-Isqof għall-ulied ta’ emigranti Maltin matul ix-xhur tas-sajf se jinżammu f’dawn il-ġranet:
L-Erbgħa 27 ta’ Lulju u l-Erbgħa 24 ta’ Awwissu
L-Kummissjoni Emigranti tavża li biex ulied l-Emigranti jkunu jistgħu jersqu għal dawn is-Sagramenti jkun meħtieġ:
Haiti and Guatemala
On behalf of the Pope, the Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” – the Holy See dicastery responsible for promoting and organizing the charitable works of the Pontiff by means of the many Catholic aid organizations active throughout the world – recently visited Guatemala and Haiti.
A survey took place in order to check the developments of the projects in the areas hit by the earthquake in Haiti and those areas devastated by the floods in Guatemala in 2011, financed by the charity of the faithful united with the Pope… Read more »
B’referenza għall-artiklu “Ma jafux min huma n-nies li jibbenefikaw”, ppublikat fil-ġurnal ‘l-Orizzont’, il-Ġimgħa 6 ta’ Lulju 2012, dwar it-tqassim tal-ikel li jiġi mill-Unjoni Ewropea, l-Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni tal-Kurja tal-Arċisqof jixtieq jippreċiza dan li ġej.
Il-Kappillani Maltin kienu mitluba biex permezz tal-organizzazzjoni tagħhom fil-parroċċi, jitqassam l-ikel li jingħata bħala parti minn skema ta’ għajnuna offruta mill-Unjoni Ewropea. Il-Kappillani aċċettaw li jqassmu dan l-ikel għax fehmu li jistgħu jkunu ta’ servizz lil min hu fil-bżonn, anke jekk jiġu kkritikati minn xi wħud li jidhrilhom li jmisshom jieħdu dan l-ikel u li ma jieħduhx għax mhumiex intitolati għalih… Read more »
l-President ta’ Malta tenna b’termini ċari l-Ħamis li hu kontra li l-cannabis tkun legalizzata: “Jien miniex tal-fehma li dan għandu jiġi kkunsidrat u għalhekk naqbel ma’ Mons Grech. Diġà għandna droga legali li għandha effett fuq il-moħħ u li spiss tiġi abbużata u twassal għal konsegwenzi koroh, bħalma huma inċidenti stradali u mwiet. Dan huwa l-alkoħol.”
Dr Abela fakkar li l-cannabis “għandha effett fuq il-moħħ u hemm evidenza li tista’ twassal għall-konsum ta’ droga agħar minnha”… Read more »
Nhar il-Ħamis 5 ta’ Lulju 2012 saret Lejla ta’ Solidarjeta’ f’San Blas fl-okkażjoni tal-gradwazzjoni ta’ 22 żagħżugħ li temmew b’suċċess il-programm ta’ rijabilitazzjoni mill-vizzju tad-droga mmexxi minn Caritas Malta.
Monsinjur Victor Grech, id-direttur ta’ Caritas Malta qal li din l-okkażjoni iġġib ferħ imma wkoll riflessjoni profonda: “L-akbar weġgħa tiegħi hija illi għal bosta żgħażagħ il-konsum tad-droga u alkoħol saru jiffurmaw parti mhux żgħira mill-kultura tal-isfog mingħajr rażan, speċjalment fil-weekends. … Read more »
Dun Trevor Fairclough u s-Sur George Harrington, Ko-ordinaturi ta’ ‘SPRED’ (żvilupp Reliġjuż Speċjali) li jagħmel parti mid-Dar tal-Providenza, għadhom kemm ġew lura minn konferenza internazzjonali li saret f’Larne, fl-Irlanda ta’ Fuq.
It-tema uffiċċjali tal-konferenza, li ssir kull tliet snin, hija dejjem “Project Peer Support”. Saċerdoti, reliġjużi u lajċi djoċesani, li l-vokazzjoni tagħhom hija li jaħdmu ma’ persuni b’diżabilita’ intelletwali, iltaqgħu flimkien biex jirriflettu fuq l-esperjenzi personali fl-ambjenti tagħhom biex iġeddu l-impenn spiritwali tagħhom… Read more »
On Wednesday 15th June 2012, the Archbishop visited the Franciscan Sisters, Missionaries of Mary and together with the chaplain, he prayed in the nunnery’s chapel in front of the Holy Sacrament. Then he talked with the nuns about their work in the community. This occasion was part of the Pastoral Visit the Archbishop has made in the middle of last month, in the Queenship of Mary’s parish in Marsa… Read more »
