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€831,212 COLLECTED DURING THE OPEN DAY ORGANISED BY RTK FOR DAR TAL-PROVIDENZA

03/01/2012

An Open Day was organized by RTK Radio on New Year’s Day 2012 at Dar tal-Providenza, during which €831,212 were collected in aid of the Home.  This was the highest sum ever collected during the last 15 years that RTK have organized this Open Day through a televised marathon.  From early morning until late evening, in spite of inclement weather, large crowds of Maltese people gathered under a tent erected for this purpose in the parking home of the residence… Read more »

BIRKIRKARA (ST JOSEPH THE WORKER) PASTORAL VISIT PROGRAMME

03/01/2012

Friday, 6th January

11.30 a.m. The Archbishop meets the parish priest, Fr Josef Mifsud, in preparation for his pastoral visit in the parish, at the Curia.

Saturday, 7th January

4.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets Catechists at the Parish Centre.

5.00 p.m. The Archbishop meets the Diakonia Commission, at the Parish Centre.

6.30 p.m. The Archbishop celebrates Mass at the Parish Church and afterwards meets with the people… Read more »

POPE ASKS TEACHERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STUDENTS

02/01/2012

World Day of Peace and Justice

Benedict XVI is highlighting the importance of young people in the quest for justice and peace, but he says the fundamental question that must be asked to educate them is “who is man?”

The Pope thus encouraged all types of educators — from families to politicians to media professionals — to understand the beings they are educating… Read more »

MESSAGE OF POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR THE WORLD DAY OF PEACE 2012

01/01/2012

1. The beginning of a new year, God’s gift to humanity, prompts me to extend to all, with great confidence and affection, my heartfelt good wishes that this time now before us may be marked concretely by justice and peace.

With what attitude should we look to the New Year? We find a very beautiful image in Psalm 130. The Psalmist says that people of faith wait for the Lord “more than those who watch for the morning” (v… Read more »

A NEW YEAR: ‘AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NEW BEGINNING’

31/12/2011

“Sena ġdida toffri opportunità lill-bniedem biex jibda mill-ġdid.” Hekk qal l-Arċisqof ta’ Malta Mons Pawlu Cremona OP f’kumment li ta lil IL-ĠENSillum online ilbieraħ dwar is-sena l-ġdida.

Mons Arċisqof qal li għandu żewġ riżoluzzjonijiet għall-2012: li jkompli jkun ta’ servizz għall-poplu Malti u li jkompli jimtela bil-barka tal-Mulej. Sostna li bħala persuna, Nisrani u saċerdot “nixtieq nissaffa u nimtela bil-barka tal-Mulej biex inkun nista’ naqdi lill-oħrajn”… Read more »

CLARIFICATION

30/12/2011

The Communications Office of the Archbishop’s Curia denies the information published in an article on an online news portal which states that “since the introduction of divorce in Malta from 1 October 2011 couples are being asked if they agree with divorce and if they answer yes, they are told they are not fit for a Catholic marriage as the Church believes in the indissolubility of marriage.”

It is common knowledge that the teaching of the Church states that marriage is for life… Read more »

‘DAR TAL-PROVIDENZA’ OPEN DAY

30/12/2011

OPEN DAY li se tkun organizzata fid-DAR TAL-PROVIDENZA nhar l-1 ta’ Jannar 2012.

Din id-DAR, tgħix biss bil-PROVIDENZA tal-poplu Malti u Għawdxi.  Nistednuk iżżur id-Dar tal-Providenza u tagħti d-donazzjoni tiegħek biex flimkien inkomplu l-ħolma li beda Monsinjur Mikiel Azzopardi aktar minn 45 sena ilu.

Tista’ anke iċċempel bid-donazzjoni tiegħek minn issa:

Eur 10  –  516 02 012

Eur 15  –  517 02 013

Eur 25  –  518 02 014

SMS ta’ Eur 7 fuq 506 18 922

F’isem ir-residenti tad-Dar tal-Providenza, GRAZZI!! … Read more »

MISSIONARIES TAKE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS TO PRISON

30/12/2011

Pope greeted by inmates during his visit to Rome's Rebibbia prison

“‘I was in prison and you came to me’ (Matthew 25:36). These are the words of the Last Judgment, as told by the Evangelist Matthew, and these words of the Lord, in which he identifies with the prisoners, express the full meaning of my visit with you today. Wherever there is the hungry, stranger, sick, incarcerated, there is Christ himself who awaits our visit and our help… Read more »

CARDINAL CONDEMNS ELECTION RESULTS IN CONGO

29/12/2011

Conflicts after Congo elections

The archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo, says the recent national election results for the Democratic Republic of Congo do not correspond either to truth or to justice.

In a statement, the cardinal said that the elections, won by incumbent president Joseph Kabila, lacked credibility. Out of the field of 10 candidates Kabila obtained 49% of the vote, held Nov… Read more »