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NEW PARISH PRIEST FOR ST VENERA

L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħatar lil Patri Joe Saliba O.Carm bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ Santa Venera.

Patri Joe Saliba twieled Birkirkara fl-1955 u tgħammed fil-Bażilika ta’ S. Elena fl-istess lokalità. Huwa studja fl-iskola sekondarja teknika tan-Naxxar.  Daħal fl-Ordni Karmelitan fl-1973, fl-età ta’ 18-il sena, u ġie ordnat saċerdot fl-1980.  Huwa studja fl-INSERM u speċjalizza fl-Ispiritwalità fl-Istitut Pontifiċju tat-Teresianum, f’Ruma, minn fejn ġab il-liċenzjat fit-teoloġija.  … Read more »

NEW PARISH PRIEST FOR FLEUR-DE-LYS

L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ħatar lil Patri Ivan Scicluna O.Carm bħala kappillan tal-Parroċċa ta’ Fleur-de-Lys.

Patri Ivan Scicluna twieled fl-1977 u tgħammed fil-parroċċa ta’ Santu Wistin, il-Belt Valletta. Huwa trabba u rċieva l-formazzjoni Nisranija fil-parroċċa tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu, il-Fgura. Fl-1995 daħal prenovizz fl-Ordni Karmelitan, fl-età ta’ 18-il sena, u sena wara beda l-kors tal-filosofija u t-teoloġija fl-Università ta’ Malta.

Patri Ivan ġie ordnat saċerdot fl-2003… Read more »

THE ARCHBISHOP’S EXPERIENCE IN A SEMINARY IN HONDURAS INSTILLS COURAGE AND HOPE

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. is the first Maltese Archbishop to visit the Maltese missionaries in Honduras.  He was welcomed by the Maltese bishops, Robert Camilleri OFM and Joe Bonello OFM, together with Fr Albert Gauci.  On leaving the airport, following a courtesy visit to Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriegues, Archbishop Cremona commenced a three hour journey to the diocese of Olancia, in Juticalpa, where Mons Bonello serves as the Bishop… Read more »

‘ZWIEG B’SAHHTU’ TALK ON SPIRITUAL INTIMACY

As part of the Cana Movement project ‘Zwieg b’Sahhtu’, a talk will be organised on 23rd May 2012 on ‘Spiritual Intimacy’. The talk will be delivered by Leslie and Charmaine Caruana, leaders of the couples’ support group ‘Belong’. The general public is invited to attend this session which will be held at Sala San Pawl, Catholic Institute, Floriana, at 7.00pm.

During the talk, Leslie and Charmaine Caruana will explore aspects of spousal spiritual intimacy including: basics on prayer; the vocation to agape love; the spousal gift of self that reflects Christ’s love; entering into a covenant with God; the couple’s life journey towards holiness and becoming a source of grace through the Sacrament of Marriage… Read more »

POPE TO FRENCH PRESIDENT: ‘PERSEVERE WITH COURAGE…’

Francois Hollande, French President

Pope Benedict XVI wrote to the newly sworn-in President of France, Francois Hollande. In his telegram, the Holy Father expresses the hope that France continue to be, “a factor of peace and solidarity in the active search for the common good, respect for life and the dignity of every person and all peoples,” in Europe and the international community… Read more »

POPE: ‘WORK SHOULD NOT BE AN OBSTACLE TO FAMILY’

Work and Family

“Work should not be an obstacle to the family, but should rather sustain and unite it”, affirmed Benedict XVI in an appeal made at the end of today’s general audience.

After recalling that yesterday was the celebration of the International Day of Families that the UN dedicated this year to the relationship between family and work, the Pope noted that work should favour the family, “helping it to be open to life and to enter into relationship with society and with the Church”… Read more »

CHRISTIANS’ CIVIC COMMITMENT MUST RESPECT BELIEFS OF OTHERS, POPE SAYS

Sansepolcro

Celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of a town founded to be a model of Gospel peace and justice, Pope Benedict XVI said Christians today must find ways to infuse their cities and nations with Gospel values while welcoming and respecting people with other beliefs. In his evening visit May 13 to Sansepolcro, named after the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, the pope urged the townspeople to use the anniversary to emulate Sts… Read more »

ARCHBISHOP LAUDS MALTESE MUMS ON MOTHER’S DAY

On Wednesday 9th May 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. expressed his appreciation for the dedication of Maltese mothers via a telephone call during an activity organized for mothers of priests, religious and Maltese lay persons who work in foreign lands.  Presently, the Archbishop is in San Francisco visiting Maltese emigrants as part of his pastoral visit to Central America.  In his message, the Archbishop conveyed his regards to the missionaries’ mothers, expressing his appreciation for the work which their children and relatives perform.  … Read more »

ARCHBISHOP ARRIVES IN HONDURAS

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P., who is presently on a pastoral visit to meet with Maltese missionaries in Central America, will today arrive in the city of Comayagua, Honduras, as the guest of Mons Robert Camilleri OFM, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Tegucigalpa.

Before visiting Honduras, the Archbishop was in San Francisco, USA, to meet with Maltese emigrants. During the past seven days, the Archbishop’s activities included the celebration of mass in the Parish Church of St Veronica, an activity for which children from a neighbouring Catholic school attended; two other masses were held in the parishes of St Elizabeth and St Paul Shipwrecked, whose parishoners include Maltese people who lived in San Francisco before they moved to nearby towns… Read more »

POPE: KEEP ALIVE MISSIONARY VOCATION OF ALL DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

Benedict XVI met with directors of the Pontifical Missionary Works, which oversees missionary cooperation among the Churches of the world and is currently celebrating the annual assembly of its governing council.

The Pope remembered in his address Father Massimo Cenci, under-secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of the Peoples, who passed away due to a heart attack. “May the Lord reward him for all the work he carried out on mission and at the service of the Holy See.”

The Holy Father gave his support and encouragement to the project by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Missionary Works, which will encourage a worldwide campaign of praying the rosary in support of the Year of Faith… Read more »