News from the Church in Malta
On Saturday 11th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. presided over the General Assembly of the Diocesan Commission for Youth, held at Mount St Joseph, Targa Gap. Over 120 youth ministers participated in the discussion, focusing on the role and contribution of young people within the church.
Archbishop Paul Cremona along with other church officials were present to listen to the concerns and recommendations of the participants… Read more »
On Monday 8th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Diaconia Commission of St Julians and after that, the Liturgy Commission of the same parish as part of his pastoral visit to St. Julians.
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On Sunday 12th February 2012, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass for all couples getting married in 2012, at St John’s CoCathedral, Valletta. This celebration was organised by the Cana Movement.
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Pope in Sunday's audience
Healing was the theme of Pope Benedict’s weekly Angelus address, delivered this morning in St. Peter’s Square. The Holy Father spoke about today’s Gospel, which relates how a leper had come to Christ, saying “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Jesus replied, saying, “I do will it, be made clean.”
“In that gesture and in those words of Christ,” the Pope said, “is the whole history of salvation, there is embodied the will of God to heal, to cleanse us from the evil that disfigures us and destroys our relationships”… Read more »
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 »
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.
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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 »
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 »
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 »
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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