News from the Church in Malta
Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. has appointed Fr Mario Tong as the new archpriest of St Paul’s Shipwreck Parish, Valletta.
Fr Mario Tong was born in Hamrun on 29th April, 1953. He received his education at Paola Primary School, the Minor Seminary and Major Seminary.
Fr Mario was ordained priest on 19th June, 1977. He started his pastoral work as parish priest in St Joseph the Worker parish in Gibraltar in 1978… Read more »
On Saturday 29th October 2011, christian musicians convene for a formation seminar at Dar Frate Jacoba in Marsascala ahead of the upcoming World Youth Day Song Contest.
The conference, themed MoreVolume, is divided between discussion sessions and hands-on workshops focusing on the unique call of musicians as ministers.
MoreVolume will be guided by Italian ensemble Nuova Civiltà who were purposely invited… Read more »
Financial Markets
A Vatican document called for the gradual creation of a world political authority with broad powers to regulate financial markets and rein in the “inequalities and distortions of capitalist development.” The document said the current global financial crisis has revealed “selfishness, collective greed and the hoarding of goods on a great scale.” A supranational authority, it said, is needed to place the common good at the center of international economic activity… Read more »
Il-Kummissjoni Pastorali fid-Dinja tax-xogħol se torganizza nofs ta’ nhar seminar f’Dar l-Ewropa, Valletta, nhar l-Erbgħa 26 ta’ Ottubru 2011. Peress li din is-sena hija ddedikata lil volontarjat, dan is-seminar ser jiffoka fuq kif din it-tema torbot mad-dinja tax-xogħol.
Il-Kummissjoni, f’Lulju li għadda, ħarġet paper fuq ‘Min iħaddem u x-xogħol volontarju (Employers and Voluntary Work) li titkellem fuq kif il-Knisja tħares lejn ix-xogħol volontarju fid-dinja tax-xogħol, u anke xi suġġerimenti ta’ kif min iħaddem jista’ jippromwovi l-ħidma volontarja… Read more »
On Saturday 22nd October 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at St Martin’s Church (Bahrija) and later met people, as part of his pastoral visit in the parish of Rabat.
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Illum il-Ħadd, 23 ta’ Ottubru 2011 fis-7.10 p.m., fid-Dar Santa Katarina, Ħ’Attard, fejn kien rikoverat, is-Sur Joseph M. Cremona, missier l-Eċċellenza Tiegħu Monsinjur Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P., irritorna lejn il-Ħallieq fl-eta’ ta’ 95 sena. Gawduh f’ħajtu: martu Josephine nee’ Cauchi, ibnu l-ieħor Carmel (k/a Lino) u martu Mary Helen u bintu Marie Louise, in-neputijiet Marco u martu Joanne, Stefano u martu Nicolette u Johann, kif ukoll il-pro-neputijiet Luigi, Gianluca, Lara u Sam… Read more »
Given below is the text of an English-language note published yesterday afternoon by the Holy See Press Office on the subject of the Holy See and Libya following the death of Colonel Gaddafi.
“The news of the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi marks the end of a much too long and tragic phase of a brutal struggle to bring down a harsh and oppressive regime… Read more »
Minn stħarriġ li għamlet Il-ĠENSillum online jirriżulta li bħalissa f’għadd ta’ pajjiżi fid-dinja, 318 saċerdot Malti u Għawdxi u 90 lajk huma impenjati f’ħidma pastorali, soċjali, edukattiva u ta’ karità. Fost dawn hemm tmien Isqfijiet Maltin, tnejn fil-Brażil, tnejn oħra fil-Ħonduras, u oħrajn fil-Kenja, l-Albanija, l-Libja u s-Sri Lanka.
Malta għandha wkoll ħames saċerdoti li qegħdin iwettqu ħidma għas-Santa Sede. Barra dawn is-saċerdoti u lajċi Maltin impenjati barra minn pajjiżna, għadd ta’ sorijiet Maltin qed iwettqu ħidma diversa f’artijiet tal-missjoni… Read more »
On Friday 21st Ocotber 2011, Mgr Tommaso Caputo, Apostolic Nuncio and Fr Paul Darmanin presented President George Abela the Maltese translation of the book ‘Jesus of Nazareth Vol II’ written by Pope Benedict XVI. The presentation ceremony was held at San Anton Palace, Attard.
Photo Credit: DOI – Clifton Fenech Read more »
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This DVD concentrates on what it means to call Christ the’Lamb of God’. Tony Mahoney researched the subject in the Old and New Testament with the help of some very good books, and put the material together in a beautiful and telling way.
Responsible for the production were: Joe Gatt for originating the idea of a five minute Catechesis before the Saturday / Sunday Masses; Tony Mahoney for the text, for the choice of music, and for the reading; Peter Gatt for the research done for the illustrations and graphics; Patrick Spiteri for the artistic photos of the Mass; Marika Gatt for the sound recording and for the overall professional eye; and Kurt Mahoney for the Lightscribing… Read more »
