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CHURCH LEADS REFLECTION ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HAPPY

28/09/2011

This Sunday marks the annual Day for Life in Ireland, with the theme “A call to solidarity and hope in difficult times.”

The event this year is reflecting on “what it means to lead a full and happy life,” a statement from the bishops explained.

The theme springs from Benedict XVI’s visit last year to England, when he said, “Happiness is something we all want, but one of the great tragedies in this world is that so many people never find it, because they look in the wrong places… Read more »

Church welcomes back young people

28/09/2011

The Church in Malta officially welcomed back young people from their summer experiences with ‘World Café’ – an event held yesterday evening, Tuesday 27th September, at Savio College, Dingli. Over 130 paticipants gathered around specially-arranged coffee tables to share their personal stories from voluntary service, missionary work and the World Youth Day pilgrimage during summer.

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P… Read more »

BISHOP MARIO GRECH VISITS AUSTRALIA

28/09/2011

L-Isqof ta’ Għawdex, Mons Mario Grech, ħalla Malta biex jibda l-mawra tiegħu fl-Awstralja fejn se jiltaqà ma’ dawk li hu sejjaħ “ħutna tal-Awstralja”.

Mons Mario Grech mistenni jdum l-Awstalja għal ftit aktar minn xahar. Wera entużjażmu u ħerqa biex jiltaqa’ mal-komunità Maltija li tinsab f’dan il-kontinent. F’kummenti lil RTKnews qabel beda l-vjaġġ tiegħu għall-Awstralja, qal li jinsab kuntent li se jkollu l-opportunità li jagħmel dan il-vjaġġ… Read more »

CARITAS MALTA RAISES €49,400

28/09/2011

Caritas Malta has to date raised €49,400 through the fund-raising television programme broadcast on Sunday 25th September 2011.  The funds will go towards the services which Caritas Malta offers free of charge to the Maltese public.

A spokesperson for Caritas Malta said today that the organisation thanks the people of Malta for responding generously to its appeal to support the various programmes and services offered free of charge to persons in difficulty… Read more »

“A RENEWING EXPERIENCE” – THE 2011 DIOCESAN ASSEMBLY

27/09/2011

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. presided over the Diocesan Assembly of the Church in Malta on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 September. This was held at the CAK Centre in Birkirkara.

This annual meeting brings together all the entities of the Church in Malta – the members of the Presbyteral Council and the Diocesan Pastoral Council, the Archbishop’s delegates of Secretariats and Diocesan Commissions, the provincials of religious orders, parish priests, heads of Church schools, leaders of groups and movements of the Church, and various other persons who offer their pastoral services… Read more »

CELEBRATIONS TO BE PRESIDED BY POPE: OCTOBER-NOVEMBER

27/09/2011

St Peter's Square

The Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff today published the calendar of celebrations to be presided by the Holy Father in the months of October and November:

OCTOBER

– Sunday 9: 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Pastoral visit to Lamezia Terme and Serra San Bruno, Italy.

– Sunday 16: 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time… Read more »

MESSAGE FOR WORLD TOURISM DAY 2011

27/09/2011

‘TOURISM UNITES CULTURES’

On September 27, we celebrate the World Tourism Day, promoted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which has enjoyed even from its very first celebration in 1980 the support of the Holy See.

The theme of this year, “Tourism Linking Cultures,” wishes to highlight the importance that traveling has in the meeting of the different cultures of the world, especially in our present day world where more than ninety million people travel internationally, favored thus by modern means of communication and lower associated costs… Read more »

POPE MEETS VICTIMS OF ABUSE DURING HIS STATAL VISIT IN GERMANY

24/09/2011

Pope in Germany

Pope Benedict XVI has met German victims of sexual abuse by priests, expressing “deep compassion and regret” at their suffering.

The Pope met five victims for half an hour, on the second day of his four-day state visit to his native Germany.

A statement from the Vatican said he was “moved and deeply shaken”.

The pontiff assured the victims that church officials were “seriously concerned” about dealing with crimes of abuse… Read more »

NEW ENERGY FOR THE CHURCH IN MALTA

24/09/2011

Wieħed mir-riżultati pożittivi tas-Sinodu Djoċesan li sar fis-snin 1999-2003 kien l-introduzzjoni ta’ Assemblea Djoċesana li tiltaqa’ kull sena. L-Assemblea ta’ din is-sena, it-tmien waħda wara s-Sinodu, qed tiltaqa’ llum u għada.

L-għan tal-Assemblea hu li jiltaqgħu flimkien mal-Arċisqof il-mexxejja tal-oqsma kollha tal-Knisja f’Malta – kunsilli ewlenin, kongregazzjonijiet reliġjużi, segretarjati u kummissjonijiet djoċesani, parroċċi, għaqdiet u movimenti, skejjel – u nies oħra involuti mill-qrib fil-ħidma pastorali tal-Knisja, biex jagħmlu evalwazzjoni tas-sitwazzjoni tal-Knisja fis-soċjetà Maltija llum, fid-dawl tal-Pjan Pastorali, u jagħtu ħarsa wkoll ’il quddiem… Read more »

DIOCESAN ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH IN MALTA

23/09/2011

L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP se jippresiedi l-Assemblea Djoċesana tal-Knisja f’Malta li se tiltaqa’ nhar il-Ġimgħa 23 ta’ Settembru filgħaxija u s-Sibt 24 ta’ Settembru filgħodu, fiċ-Ċentru Animazzjoni u Komunikazzjoni, B’Kara.

Din hi laqgħa annwali li tiġbor flimkien mal-Arċisqof il-mexxejja tal-oqsma kollha tal-Knisja f’Malta – il-membri tal-kunsill presbiterali u tal-kunsill pastorali djoċesan, id-delegati tal-Arċisqof fis-Segretarjati u Kummissjonijiet Djoċesani, il-provinċjali tal-kongregazzjonijiet reliġjużi, il-kappillani, il-kapijiet tal-iskejjel tal-Knisja, il-mexxejja tal-għaqdiet u l-movimenti tal-Knisja, u diversi persuni oħra li jagħtu sehemhom fil-ħajja tal-Knisja… Read more »