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NATIONAL INTEREST AND COMMON GOOD SHOULD BE THE PRINCIPALS THAT GUIDE THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM

23/02/2012

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 »

BENGHAZI BISHOP RECALLS LIBYAN REVOLUTION, LOOKS AHEAD TO REBUILDING

23/02/2012

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 »

A MEETING ABOUT THE BENEDICTINE RULE IN DAILY CATHOLIC LIFE

22/02/2012

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 »

TWO NEW CANDIDATES FOR THE PRIESTHOOD

22/02/2012

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 »

“LENT IS TIME TO HELP OTHERS SPIRITUALLY, MATERIALLY” – POPE

21/02/2012

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 »

LENT

21/02/2012

Għada, l-Erbgħa 22 ta’ Frar, il-Knisja tagħti bidu għar-Randan Imqaddes: erbgħin jum ta’ talb u penitenza bi tħejjija għaċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Passjoni, il-Mewt u l-Qawmien mill-mewt ta’ Sidna Ġesù Kristu.

Matul ir-Randan, il-Knisja tħeġġeġ lill-membri tagħha biex, fost affarjiet oħra, jaqraw il-Kelma ta’ Alla, jieħdu sehem fis-sagramenti, u jattendu l-Eżerċizzi Spiritwali.

Bħala gwida dwar ċaħda personali u ta’ karita’, l-Isqfijiet iqiegħdu quddiem il-membri tal-Knisja għadd ta’ opri tajba biex jagħżlu minn fosthom dawk li l-iktar jiswewlhom sagrifiċċju… Read more »

NEW CARDINALS MUST LOVE GOD, THE CHURCH AND THEIR FELLOW MAN

18/02/2012

Cardinal Prospero Grech

St. Peter’s Basilica at 10.30 a.m. Saturday morning, Benedict XVI celebrated the fourth ordinary public consistory of his pontificate, during which he created twenty-two new cardinals.

Following the opening prayer and the proclamation of the Gospel, the Holy Father pronounced his homily, extracts of which are given below:

“‘Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam’… Read more »