News from the Church in Malta
WYD 2013
The official dates of the 2013 World Youth Day have been established: July 23-28.
The dates were chosen at a meeting between the Pontifical Council for the Laity and a local organizing committee, in Rome since Monday for planning.
The committee is made up of the archbishop of Rio, Orani João Tempesta, and two other bishops and other officials. … Read more »
On Monday 12th December 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. addressed a meeting at St. John’s CoCathedral, Valletta, on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the International Organization for Migration.
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Pope in audience
The words of the Pope in his last General Audience…
“Dear Brothers and Sisters, In our continuing catechesis on prayer, we now consider Jesus’ own prayer, particularly in the context of his miracles of healing. Both the cure of the deaf man (Mk 7:32-37) and the raising of Lazarus (Jn 11:1-44) show us Jesus at prayer before cases of human suffering… Read more »
Latin America
In a special liturgy Monday evening in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI entrusted to Our Lady of Guadalupe the people of Latin America and reiterated the right of the unborn to live, while urging nations to effectively confront the social and public justice challenges that face them.
The Pope also announced his intention to make an apostolic journey to Cuba and Mexico ahead of Easter next year… Read more »
On Friday 9th December 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. participated in a National Conference ‘Enough for Everybody’ organised by the Interdiocesan Commission for the Environment, at the Curia.
CLICK HERE to read the Archbishop’s message on this occasion.
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On Wednesday 7th December 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. met the Liturgical and Pastoral Commission of Mdina. The Archbishop then met the Diaconia Commission and later, the Parish Pastoral Council and the Commission for the Implementation of the Synod of Mdina.
CLICK HERE to view more photos of the Archbishop’s Pastoral Visit in Mdina.
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Family
Christian families are called to welcome, demonstrate and spread the love and presence of Christ in the world, Pope Benedict XVI said. A family, founded on the marriage of a man and woman and open to having children, is “the human space for an encounter with Christ,” he said Dec. 1 in a speech to members of the Pontifical Council for the Family… Read more »
F’temp ta’ tlett xhur l-Knisja f’Malta fetħet tlett skejjel ġodda. Bħalissa għaddej il-bini tar-raba’ waħda.
Fit-22 ta’ Settembru li għadda l-iskola tas-Soċjetà tal-MUSEUM, is-St Michael School, li tinsab f’Santa Venera, inawgurat sular ġdid biex tkun tista’ tilqa’ fiha aktar studenti.
Fil-bidu t’Ottubru l-iskola Primarja tas-Seminarju ta’ Malta laqgħet l-ewwel studenti tagħha. L-iskola nbniet b’investiment ta’ €8 miljun… Read more »
L-Arċidjoċesi ta’ Malta nhar il-Ħadd li għadda ċċelebrat għall-ewwel darba ‘Jum is-Saċerdot’. Għal dan il-għan, ħsibt li naqsam l-esperjenza tiegħi magħkom, qarrejja ta’ dan il-ġurnal.
Illum, lili ħafna nies jassoċjawni mal-Caritas u bir-raġun għax jiena ili naħdem f’dan il-qasam għal dawn l-aħħar 34 sena. Din il-ħidma m’għażiltix jien, imma nemmen li għażilha Alla għalija permezz tas-superjur tiegħi. Ix-xogħol tiegħi fil-Caritas hu għal qalbi ħafna għax jiena dejjem ħassejtha parti ntegrali mill-vokazzjoni tiegħi li nkun viċin dawk li huma l-aktar fil-bżonn; il-foqra… Read more »
On December 6, 2011, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. visited Saint Elias College, a secondary school run by the Carmelite Friars. The Archbishop was welcomed by the Provincial of the Maltese Carmelite Province Fr Michael Farrugia O.Carm. and by the College Rector Fr Jürgen Cucciardi O.Carm., who led the Archbishop to the College’s yard, where the student waited for his arrival… Read more »
