News from the Church in Malta
On Wednesday 22nd February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Youth and Adolescent Commission of St Julians as part of his pastoral visit to the parish.
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Pope doing lectio divina with Roman clergy
Speaking 38 minutes without a prepared text, Pope Benedict XVI gave priests of the Diocese of Rome a look not only at how he approaches Scripture, but also at his priorities and personality. Addressing the Rome priests as “my clergy,” the pope led them Feb. 23 in a reflection on faith, truth, hope and humility… Read more »
Fil-fehma tar-rettur tal-Kulleġġ Santu Wistin, is-sitwazzjoni li nħolqot wara li fil-bidu ta’ dan ix-xahar il-Bord tal-MEPA ma laqax l-applikazzjoni li saret quddiemu biex issir estensjoni tal-Kulleġġ tista’ twassal kuntrarjament għal dak li ssostni r-Riforma Nazzjonali tal-Edukazzjoni, fejn għadd ta’ tfal mhux se jkollhom id-dritt li jipparteċipaw fil-proċess tad-dħul fl-Iskejjel tal-Knisja.
Dejjem skont Fr Alan, fin-nofs hemm ukoll il-prinċipju tal-kontinwità “li hu l-bażi ta’ din ir-riforma biex uliedna f’età daqshekk żgħira jgħaddu mingħajr skossi mill-fażi Primarja għal dik Sekondarja”… Read more »
Bishop Sylvester Magro in Benghazi
As Benghazi residents marked the anniversary of Libya’s revolution, the head of the city’s diminished Catholic community spoke of a need to rebuild his congregation and of the uncertainties ahead. “Thank God everything passed peacefully” on the anniversary, Bishop Sylvester Magro said after the Feb. 19 Mass attended by just a few dozen, mainly Filipino, worshippers.
“After such a prolonged war you are always in doubt of what might happen next,” the bishop said… Read more »
On Wednesday 22nd February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Children’s Commission of St Julians as part of his pastoral visit to the parish.
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Nhar it-Tlieta 28 ta’ Frar 2012, is-Segretarjat għal-Lajċi fil-Monasteru Benedittin tal-Imdina ser torganiżża laqgħa dwar l-attwalità tar-regola ta’ San Benedittu fil-ħajja tan-nisrani llum.
Miktuba qabel kollox għal-lajċi, f’din ir-regola wieħed għadu jista’ jsib diversi prinċipji li jistgħu jitħaddmu mhux biss fil-monasteru, imma wkoll mill-insara kollha, kemm jekk individwi jew familji, kemm jekk fl-għaqdiet jew fil-parroċċi.
It-tema tkun preżentata minn Fr Keith Bonnici, Kappillan tal-Iklin u wara jkun hemm diskussjoni minn numru ta’ lajċi midħla tar-regola benedittina… Read more »
On Monday 20th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Parish Pastoral Council, the Commission for the Implementation of the Synod and the Parish Economical Council, of St Julians, as part of his pastoral visit to the parish.
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On Monday 20th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the community of Cloistered Nuns of St Julians as part of his pastoral visit to the parish. Later on, the Archbishop met the Leaders of the Family and Couples Commission of the same parish.
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On Friday 24th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will preside over a concelebrated Mass during which two seminarians will ask the Church to accept them officially as candidates for their Ordination to the Diaconate and the Presbiterate. This celebration is being held at Ħal Għaxaq Parish Church at 6.30pm.
The two seminarians, who are in their fifth year of formation, are Luke Cutajar from Saint Paul’s Parish, Rabat, and Brian Gialanzè from Saint Peter in Chains Parish, Birżebbuġa… Read more »
This Wednesday, the Universal Church enters the liturgical period of Lent; the 40 days of fasting, prayer and almsgiving, that lead us towards Easter. In his message this year, Pope Benedict called believers to show fraternal concern for one another. His invitation is echoed by the Patriarch of the Holy Land Faud Twal, who asks us not to forget the families struggling to keep a Christian presence alive in the land of Our Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection:
He says that in the Holy Land “the situation is still really not encouraging”… Read more »
