News from the Church in Malta
Today, we congratulate His Lordship, Mgr Charles J. Scicluna, Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General, on his 54th birthday.
Mgr Scicluna was born to Emanuel and Maria Carmela née Falzon in Toronto, Canada, on 15 May 1959.
On 6 October 2012 Pope Benedict XVI named him Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Malta and Titular Bishop of San Leone… Read more »
Pope Francis
If a person’s prayer life is boring, that generally means that he or she is focused too much on the self and not enough on Jesus and the needs of others, Pope Francis said during a morning Mass homily. “True prayer leads us out of ourselves toward the Father in the name of Jesus; it’s an exodus out of ourselves,” the pope said May 11 during Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae… Read more »
Pope with Columbia President
Tuesday morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father received in audience His excellency Mr. Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, president of the Republic of Colombia. President Santos then met with the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.
In the course of cordial conversations, the actuality of Mother Laura Montoya Upegui, first Colombian saint and fruitful interpreter of the country’s Christian roots, who had been canonized the preceding day in St… Read more »
An ecumenical service is being held on Thursday, the 16th May, during the Pentecost period. Pentecost is the feast not only of the birth of Christianity, but also of the shift from plurality to unity: many united in one body. It is therefore right and fitting that at Pentecost we should continue to pray for unity amongst Christians.
The ecumenical service is being organised by Christians Together in Malta-Malta Ecumenical Council in collaboration with the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission… Read more »
On Tuesday 7th May 2013, the Archbishop presided over the Parish Assembly open for everyone at the Parish Centre at St. Gregory’s Parish Sliema.
The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »
On Sunday 5th May 2013, the Archbishop met members of the Salesian Boys Brigade, Salesian Co-operators and Past Pupils at the Oratory of Salesians of St.John Bosco. Later he met with the Salesian community, as part of his pastoral visit at St. Gregory’s parish, Sliema.
The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »
On Sunday 5th May 2013, the Archbishop celebrated mass at St. Patrick’s church, and later met with people of the parish of St. Gregory’s, Sliema.
The photos of the Archbishop’s events may be purchased from PHOTOCITY, Valletta… Read more »
On Saturday 11th May 2013, two days before the 26th anniversary of the death of Mons Mikiel Azzopardi, Founder and first Director of Id-Dar tal-Providenza was commemorated in the Home’s Chapel with a Eucharistic Celebration attended by Catholic Action members, residents and friends of the Home. Dun Mikiel, as he was popularly referred to, was born in Valletta on February 10th, 1910 and died on May 13th, 1987… Read more »
St Peter's Square during canonisation
At Mass for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, Pope Francis canonized 800 Martyrs from the Italian city of Otranto, along with two Latin American religious Foundresses, Mother Laura Montoya e Upegui – the first Colombian saint – and Mother Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, from Mexico.
In his homily, the Holy Father asked us to “look on the new saints in the light of the Word of God proclaimed: a Word that invited us to be faithful to Christ, even unto martyrdom; a word that recalled to us the urgency and the beauty of bringing Christ and his Gospel to everyone; a word that spoke to us about the witness of charity, without which even martyrdom and mission lose their Christian savor.”
Today, he said, “the Church proposes for our veneration a host of martyrs, who were called together to the supreme witness to the Gospel.” The more than 800 Martyrs of Otranto, when faced with the choice of renouncing Christ or death, remained faithful to the Gospel… Read more »
Wara li l-bieraħ, il-Ħadd 12 ta’ Mejju 2013, tħabbret il-mewt tal-Kappillan ta’ San Pawl il-Baħar, Patri Joseph Cilia OFM Conv, fl-età ta’ 61 sena, il-komunità tal-Patrijiet Franġiskani Konventwali qed tħabbar il-programm tal-funeral.
4:15 p.m. Il-korteo bil-katavru ta’ Patri Joseph Cilia jitlaq mid-Dar tal-Kleru, Birkirkara.
4:30 p.m. Il-korteo jieqaf ħdejn il-Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Burmarrad fejn il-katavru jitbierek mill-komunità tal-patrijiet ta’ din il-Parroċċa… Read more »
