News from the Church in Malta
July 2 – 3, 2011: young people give an unusual start to their summer with “Check-in”, in St Julian’s. Hundreds of youth are offering their breaks up for voluntary work in Malta and abroad. Others are making the much-anticipated pilgrimage to Madrid marking the World Youth Day. Though every experience of these is unique, they are all deep-changing expressions of faith.
Check-in is an overnight experience bringing all the separate lines together… Read more »
Feast of the Holy Spirit
Benedict XVI says that the Holy Spirit, celebrated on the feast of Pentecost, fills the universe and prepares unity among nations.
The Pope reflected on the role of the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity before he prayed the midday Regina Ceoli with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
Pentecost, he said, is the fulfillment of the paschal mystery, “the powerful effusion of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles gathered together with Mary, the Mother of the Lord, and the other disciples… Read more »
B’kollox se jagħmel 1,250 kilometru fuq ir-rota biex jiġbor fondi għal Dar Sagra Familja, Ħaż-Żabbar! L-inizjattiva hi ta’ Franco Azzopardi, iċ-Ċermen ta’ Radju RTK, li aktar tard dan ix-xahar beħsiebu jagħmel żewġ maratoni bir-rota, waħda bejn Londra u Pariġi fuq medda ta’ 500 kilometru, li jrid jagħmel f’24 siegħa, u ġimgħa wara maratona oħra fl-Isvizzera, did-darba ta’ 720 kilometru, fuq terran aktar diffiċli, u li jrid jagħmel fi 28 siegħa… Read more »
Libya happenings
The top church official in Libya expressed fear that the protracted conflict there would generate fighting among factions and tribes, but said he believed a negotiated solution was still possible, the Vatican’s missionary news agency reported.
Bishop Giovanni Martinelli of Tripoli, Libya, also told the Fides news agency June 8 that “whoever thinks they can resolve everything with bombs is mistaken.” Bishop Martinelli has been an outspoken critic of the NATO bombing campaign against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, which have been battling to put down a widespread rebellion since late February… Read more »
The Church in Malta invites Catholics to the Diocesan Celebration of the Pentecost Vigil, Saturday 11th June, 2011, in front of the Safi parish Church. This year, the theme is ‘The disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit. They began to spread the Good News wherever they went. This way the Word of God continued to spread throughout the land” (Acts of the Apostles)… Read more »
Dil-ġimgħa tnediet l-attività UltraRider fid-Dar tat-Tfal Sagra Familja f’Ħaż-Żabbar. Il-moħħ wara UltraRider huwa ċ-Ċermen ta’ Radju RTK 103FM, Franco Azzopardi. Ultra-Rider hija l-ewwel attività li qed titnieda f’isem RTK4Charity, sezzjoni fi ħdan il-Kumpanija RTK li tnediet matul il-ġimgħa li għaddiet bl-għan u r-rwol ewlieni tagħha jkun li jħaddan il-Corporate Social Responsibility kemm tal-RTK iżda wkoll ta’ kumpanniji oħrajn. Waqt it-tnedija tal-attività UltraRider, Azzopardi qal li l-RTK ħass li għandu jgħożż dan il-kunċett ta’ Corporate Social Responsiblity b’differenza… Read more »
Croatia's EU membership
Croatia has the responsibility to promote Christian values and the role of the family in education and social life as it prepares to enter the European Union, Pope Benedict XVI said. In his first public appearance since returning from a pastoral trip to Croatian capital of Zagreb June 4-5, the pope also emphasized the essential role of marriage and marital fidelity in a Europe, which has rising rates of divorce and separations… Read more »
“Il-Voluntier tal-lum qed jimita l-akbar voluntier, li hu Sidna Ġesù Kristu, li mhux biss ta ħinu imma wkoll ħajtu għall-umanità kollha”.
Hekk qal l-Arċisqof Pawl Cremona OP f’diskors qasir li għamel waqt riċeviment li sar fil-Limestone Heritage, fis-Siġġiewi, għall-voluntiera kollha tad-Dar tal-Providenza.
Ir-ringrazzjament tal-voluntiera hi rikorrenza annwali għad-Dar tal-Providenza, għalkemm din is-sena r-rikorrenza ħadet sinjifikat ikbar hekk kif qed titfakkar is-Sena tal-Volontarjat… Read more »
