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CHURCH LEADERS MUST ENCOURAGE VOCATIONS

14/02/2012

Pope Benedict XVI

The Message of Pope Benedict for the 49th World Day of Prayer for Vocations was released on Monday. The theme this year is Vocations, the Gift of the Love of God.

In his Message, the Holy Father calls on the clergy, religious, and catechists of the Church to pay close attention to those members of parish communities, associations and ecclesial movements who sense a call to the priesthood or to a special consecration… Read more »

IS THE BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY POSSIBLE?

14/02/2012

Bħala parti mill-attivitajiet ta’ ĠimgħaŻwieġ ser tiġi organizzata konferenza bit-tema ‘Bilanċ Xogħol – Familja: Possibbli?’. Din ser issir nhar il-Ħamis 16 ta’ Frar mis-6.30 p.m. sat-8.30 p.m. fil-Lukanda Phoenicia (Ballroom), Floriana. Il-kelliema prinċipali ser ikunu Dr Rita Borg Xuereb, President tal-Kummissjoni Djoċesana Familja, u s-Sur Joseph Farrugia, Direttur Ġenerali tal-Assoċjazzjoni Maltija ta’ Min Iħaddem. Ser ikun hemm qsim ta’ esperjenza minn koppja miżżewġa u messaġġ mill-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona f’għeluq il-konferenza… Read more »

KDZ General Assembly

14/02/2012

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 »

MASS FOR COUPLES GETTING MARRIED IN 2012

13/02/2012

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.

CLICK HERE to read the Archbishop’s message on this occasion.

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POPE: GOD DESIRES TO HEAL US

13/02/2012

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 »

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 »