News from the Church in Malta
The Church Secretariat for Social and Charitable Action is organizing a Week of Sacrifice between Friday 30th March, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows and 6th April, Good Friday. The theme for this year is The Joy of Giving. The Secretariat has selected this theme to signify that when one gives from the heart, it brings happiness. On the contrary, self-centeredness causes one to suppress the good in oneself and life loses its meaning… Read more »
On Friday, 23rd March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. attended the Annual General Meeting of the Cana Movement. The meeting was attended by a number of members who offer their voluntary services within the Movement. In their addresses, both the President, Dr Anna Vella and the Director, Rev Dr Joseph Mizzi, stated that it is important that Cana is not just viewed as a service-provider, an agency which offers several different services to families; rather it should retain its full identity as a Movement… Read more »
Pope Benedict in Mexico
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned drug-trafficking and corruption at a huge open-air Mass in central Mexico. He urged Catholics to look to their faith in response to poverty and crime and to reject violence and revenge.
More than 500,000 people gathered to hear his message beside the Christ the King monument in Silao – one of the most important symbols of Mexican Catholicism… Read more »
“L-ottimiżmu ta’ Fr Peter kien ġej mill-fehma sħiħa li kellu li, bit-trawwim u t-tħaddim xieraq tal-qalb u l-moħħ, xejn, xejn ma kellu għalfejn iżomm lill-bniedem milli jagħmel l-aħħar daħka fuq kull sitwazzjoni tal-ħajja.”
Din l-istqarrija għamilha Fr Mark Montebello OP fl-omelija li għamel waqt il-quddiesa tal-funeral ta’ Fr Peter Serracino Inglott, li saret ilbieraħ fil-knisja Arċipretali ta’ San Pawl Nawfraġu fil-Belt Valletta, u li kienet immexxija mill-Pro Vigarju Ġenerali, Mons Anton Gouder… Read more »
Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will lead Lenten sermons for separated persons as from Monday 26th to Thursday 29th March, daily at 7.00 p.m. These talks will be held at Sarria Church, Floriana. Similar talks for seperated persons were also held last year.
When asked to comment about these Lenten sermons, the Archbishop said that the Church wants to spread the message of the Gospel to all people, particularly those who are passing through situations in life which require consolation and encouragement… Read more »
Cardinal Reinhard Marx has been elected as the new President of the Commission of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences in the EU (COMECE). The Archbishop of Munich and Freising was elected by the Bishop Members yesterday, for a 3-year term of office as the COMECE Chair. He will be assisted by four Vice-Presidents: Mgr Gianni Ambrosio (Bishop of Piacenza-Bobbio, Italy), Mgr Virgil Bercea (Bishop of Oradea Mare, Romania), Mgr Jarecki (Auxiliary Bishop of Warsaw, Poland) and Mgr Jean Kockerols (Auxiliary Bishop of Brussels-Malines, Belgium)… Read more »
On Wednesday 21st March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Liturgy Commission of Pembroke. Later on, the Archbishop met the Diaconia Commission and presided over a meeting of the Parish Assembly.
CLICK HERE to view more photos of the Archbishop’s Pastral Visit in Pembroke.
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Palm Sunday April 1, 2012 – Dioceses around the world celebrate the faith of the young. Ever conscious of the role of youth in the christian community, the Church in Malta too will mark the day in a special manner.
Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will preside over the official mass in Mosta at 6:00pm. Various young communities have come together through the Mosta Parish Commission for Youth to prepare a welcoming and youthful celebration… Read more »
On Tuesday 20th March 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited the Catechetical centre of Pembroke, as part of his pastoral visit to the parish. He then met with the Catechetical Commission, the Parish Pastoral Council, the Parish Economical Commission and the Commission for the Implementation of the Synod, at the Parish Office of Pembroke.
CLICK HERE to view more photos of the Archbishop’s Pastral Visit in Pembroke… Read more »
Cardinal Van Thuan
The Church in Vietnam expressed hope for Cardinal Van Thuan’s speedy beatification.
“The bishops, the faithful, the whole Church in Vietnam, have great hopes for the success of the process of beatification of our beloved Cardinal Xavier Van Thuan. He was a special person, who lived the Gospel as the sole criterion of his life,” said Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop, OP, the bishop of Vinh and president of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Vietnamese Episcopal Conference, to Fides on the eve of the arrival of a Vatican delegation of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace… Read more »
