Costa Concordia

Search and rescue efforts are still under way as 21 passengers from the Costa Concordia cruise ship remain unaccounted for, after the giant vessel hit rock and began sinking Friday off the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy.

As friends and family of the missing still await news of their loved ones — including a Catholic couple from Minnesota who were excited about the chance to visit Rome during their two-week vacation — public eye is turned on the tragedy and particularly the national soul-searching related to the captain’s response to the wreck… Read more »

On Monday 16th January 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Family and Leading Couples Commission of St Joseph the Worker Parish in Birkirkara. Later on, the Archbishop met the Evangelisation Commission of the parish, the Youth and Adolescent Commission and the youth of the same parish.

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Week of Prayer 2012

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins today 18 January, under the theme “We will all be changed by the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ”. The Week is promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC), a worldwide fellowship of 349 Churches seeking unity, common witness and Christian service. The Catholic Church participates in this ecumenical initiative, despite not being a member of the WCC… Read more »

The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is being celebrated from Wednesday 18th to Wednesday 25th January. A National Ecumenical Service is being held on Thursday 19th January at 6.30 p.m., at St Paul’s Anglican Pro-Cathedral, Valletta.

The Service will be led by the Chancellor of St Paul’s Pro-Cathedral, Canon Simon Godfrey. Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. will deliver a reflection on this year’s theme, “We will all be changed by the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Cor 15:51-58)… Read more »

Family

With some 140 days remaining before the 7th World Meeting of Families, which will include the participation of Benedict XVI in Milan, the preparations are intensifying.

A symposium to prepare for the May 30 to June 3 meeting was held this week at the Pontifical Lateran University.

The symposium, fruit of synergy between the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family and the Pontifical Pastoral Institute Redemptor Hominis of the same athenaeum, was titled “Such a Family for Such a Society.”

Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family and one of the organizers of the World Meeting, was one of the participants… Read more »

On Sunday 15th January 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at St Theresa Sanctuary, St Joseph the Worker Parish, Birkirkara and later met the people.

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On Sunday 15th January 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Liturgical Commission, at St Joseph the Worker Parish Centre, Birkirkara.

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On Saturday 14th January 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated mass at St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, for those couples who got married during 2011.

In his homily, Archbishop Cremona referred to Christian marriage as a vocation. He highlighted the importance of distinguishing between a wedding and Christian marriage. The Archbishop explained that the wedding lasts only for a day, whereas Christian marriage lasts a lifetime.  … Read more »