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MARRIAGE WEEK

12/02/2012

ProġettImpenn ser jorganizza għal darb’oħra ‘ĠimgħaŻwieġ’, li qed tiġi ċċelebrata f’aktar minn 20 pajjiż, fost oħrajn fl-Ewropa u fl-Istati Uniti. Għall-ewwel darba, ĠimgħaŻwieġ ser tiġi ċċelebrata wkoll fil-Parlament Ewropew b’diskussjoni taħt il-patrunaġġ tal-Membru Parlamentari Ewropew Slovakka, Anna Zaborska.

F’Malta, ĠimgħaŻwieġ tiftah illum il-Ħadd 12 ta’ Frar. Illejla, fis-6.30 p.m., l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. ser jiltaqa’ mal-għarajjes kollha li ser jiżżewġu matul din is-sena, għal ċelebrazzjoni tal-Quddiesa fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta… Read more »

ST JULIAN’S PASTORAL VISIT OPENING MASS

11/02/2012

On Sunday 5th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at St Julian’s Parish Church, as the official opening of his pastoral visit to the parish.

CLICK HERE for more information on the Archbishop’s Pastoral Visit in your parish.

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PAUL AND PROSPERO

11/02/2012

Għadna kemm iċċelebrajna l-festa tan-nawfraġju ta’ San Pawl, jum it-tifkira tal-magħmudija ta’ Malta. Kif din it-tifkira għadha friska, daqstant ieħor għadha friska l-Ordinazzjoni Episkopali tal-Agostinjan Malti, Patri Prospero Grech, li l-ġimgħa d-dieħla jinħatar Kardinal mill-Papa Benedittu XVI.

Żewġ okkażjonijiet li meta jitwaħħdu, jidhrilna li tkun ferm f’lokha riflessjoni dwar il-fidi tagħna l-Maltin bħala poplu, speċjalment quddiem l-isfidi li tpoġġi quddiemna d-dinja tal-lum.

Quddiemna l-kliem tal-Patri Kapuċċin Martin Mamo waqt il-paniġierku li niseġ fil-quddiesa pontifikali fil-knisja ta’ San Pawl Nawfraġu l-Belt ilbieraħ: “Jeħtieġ li nagħrblu u nifhmu verament x’inhi l-fidi tal-lum, waqt li nħallu lil Kristu jagħtina l-formazzjoni tal-qalb”… Read more »

SYMPOSIUM ENDS WITH LAUNCH OF INTERNET CENTRE FOR CHILD PROTECTION

11/02/2012

A four day symposium at Rome’s Gregorian University entitled ‘Towards Healing and Renewal’ concludes on Thursday with the launch of an internet portal in English, Spanish, Italian and German, providing information and training for all those dealing with child protection in the Church.

Participants at the meeting included representatives of bishops’ conferences from over 100 countries around the world, as well as seminary rectors and heads of male and female religious congregations… Read more »

PRESENTATION OF HOLY FATHER’S LENTEN MESSAGE FOR 2012

10/02/2012

Lent

In the Holy See Press Office, a press conference was held to present the Holy Father’s 2012 Lenten Message. Participating in the conference were Cardinal Robert Sarah, president of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”; Msgr. Giampietro Dal Toso and Msgr. Segundo Tejado Munoz, respectively secretary and under secretary of the same council.

“We know that the Lenten Message contributes to maintaining the faithful’s sense of concern for others, communion, compassion and fraternal sharing of the sufferings of those in need”, said Cardinal Sarah… Read more »

ARCHBISHOP MEETS H.E. CARDINAL AGOSTINO VALLINI AT MOSTA CHURCH

09/02/2012

On Thursday 9th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P.  addressed His Eminence Cardinal Agostino Vallini, Vicar of Rome, and a group of bishops and priests, at Mosta Parish Church, prior to praying Lauds. Cardinal Vallini arrived in Malta on Tuesday 7th February leading four bishops and 150 priests from the diocese of Rome on a Pauline Pilgrimage.

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EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF MGR PROSPERO GRECH – TITULAR ARCHBISHOP OF SAN LEONE

09/02/2012


On Wednesday 8th February 2012, Mgr Prospero Grech O.S.A., Cardinal Elect, was ordained Archbishop at St John’s Cocathedral in Valletta. Mgr Grech was consecrated by Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. and was given the title of Titular Archbishop of St Leone (Italy). The co-concelebrant bishops of the episcopal ordination were Mgr Giuseppe Versaldi, Archbishop and President of the Prefecture of Economical Affairs of the Vatican, and Mgr Mario Grech, Bishop of Gozo… Read more »

WE NEED TO GET OFF THE HORSE WHICH IN A CERTAIN WAY HAS RUN AWAY WITH US

09/02/2012

“Aħna drajna żżejjed inserrħu ħarsitna fuq il-Kurċifiss! Tant drajna, li dik id-dehra miskina ta’ Alla, li fi kliem San Pawl ‘sar saħta għalina’ (Gal 3:13), m’għadha tfisser xejn għalina! X’ġara? Aħna wkoll hemm bżonn ‘ninżlu minn fuq iż-żiemel’ li f’ċertu sens ħarab bina; għax jekk nibqgħu sejrin hekk, hemm ir-riskju li naqgħu minn preċipizzju u nintilfu.”

Hekk tenna l-Isqof Mario Grech dan l-aħħar, waqt l-omelija li għamel fil-knisja tal-Konverżjoni ta’ San Pawl, Marsalforn, fl-okkażjoni tal-festa tal-konverżjoni ta’ San Pawl… Read more »

EPISCOPAL RING PRESENTED AS A GIFT TO MGR PROSPERO GRECH

08/02/2012

On Tuesday 7th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P., presented Mgr Prospero Grech O.S.A. the episcopal ring as a gift from the the Archdiocese of Malta. The ring will be used during Mgr Grech’s episcopal ordination on Wednesday 8th February. The ring was designed by Joseph Galea and the gold work was entrusted to Vanni Bartolo. The ring shows St Paul holding a cross, with a viper leaping from a bonfire after the saint was shipwrecked in Malta… Read more »

MGR PROSPERO GRECH MEETS THE PRESS

08/02/2012


Photo (above) by Jonathan Borg (The Malta Independent)

On Tuesday 7th February 2012, Cardinal Elect, Mgr Prospero Grech O.S.A., Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. and Fr Emanuel Borg Bonello O.S.A., Augustinian Provincial in Malta, addressed a press conference at the Archbishop’s Curia. A presentation was also given by Fr Jesmond Manicaro, Archbishop’s Delegate for the Liturgy, about the Episcopal Ordination Mass of Mgr Grech… Read more »