The U.S. bishops are encouraging participation in the World Day of Prayer for Vocations by offering resources for use on this day, which will be celebrated May 15 this year.

The theme for this 48th Day of Prayer for Vocations is “Proposing Vocations in the Local Church.”

The bishops echoed the call of Benedict XVI, who in his message for this day stated: “Every Christian community, every member of the Church, needs consciously to feel responsibility for promoting vocations… Read more »

People of every epoch and in every culture have prayed because human beings have always recognized that there is something greater than themselves in the universe, Pope Benedict XVI said. “Human life is a mix of good and bad, of undeserved suffering and of joy and beauty, which spontaneously and irresistibly push us to ask God for light and interior strength,” to save us in this life and assure us that there is life beyond the grave, the pope said May 4 at his weekly general audience… Read more »

The statement issued today by the IVA Movement with respect to the declaration of nullity is confusing a number of important points regarding the difference between divorce and a declaration of nullity.  The statement makes reference to problems which arise after some years of marriage.  Unless these problems are rooted in situations which existed at the moment of marital consent, they cannot serve as a base for a declaration of nullity, either by the Civil Court or by the Church Tribunal.  … Read more »

Fix-xahar ta’ Mejju ġewwa l-Parroċċa Madonna tal-Karmnu Fgura ser isiru tliet laqgħat ta’ formazzjoni  miftuħin għal kulħadd dwar iż-żwieġ u l-familja. Dawn il-laqgħat ser isiru ġewwa ċ-ċentru parrokkjali (taħt il-knisja) fis- 7.15 p.m.

 Nhar il-Ġimgħa 6 ta’ Mejju 2011

Kelliem : Dr Arthur Galea Salomone 

 It-Tnejn 9 ta’ Mejju 2011

Kelliem : Fr Brendan Gatt 

 Il-Ġimgħa 20 ta’ Mejju 2011

Kelliem : L-E.T Mons Mario Grech , Isqof ta’Għawdex

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Minkejja li d-divorzju ilu s-snin legali fl-Ingilterra, l-għadd tal-koppji li jiddeċiedu li jgħixu flimkien mingħajr ma jiżżewġu qiegħed dejjem jiżdied. Flimkien mal-għadd dejjem jikber ta’ trabi li jitwieldu barra ż-żwieġ, li llum ilaħħqu għal madwar 45 fil-mija, il-koabitazzjoni llum qed titqies bħala fattur importanti li qed iwassal għal aktar faqar soċjo-ekonomiku fil-pajjiż.

Dawn il-fatti joħorġu minn studju dwar l-istorja tal-famlija bl-isem ta’ ‘History and Family: setting the records straight… Read more »

Church leaders in Maharashtra have added their voice to a movement opposed to several proposed nuclear projects in the state, including what would be the largest nuclear power generating plant in the world. “We don’t want a Chernobyl nuclear disaster or Fukushima crisis to happen in India,” Bishop Alwyn Barreto of Sindhudurg told the Asian church news agency UCA News April 28. He said the diocesan center for social action organized meetings to educate people on the consequences a nuclear accident could have on the western coastal region… Read more »