News from the Church in Malta
Church leaders in South Korea are calling for peace on the peninsula after Tuesday’s artillery attack by the North on the island of Yeonpyeong. Father Johannes Kim Yong-hwan, chancellor of the Diocese of Incheon, which covers Yeonpyeong, asserted that relations between the North and South have worsened under current South Korean government. He called on South Korea to “introduce dialogue and embrace the North,” according to UCANews… Read more »
On Thursday, 25th November, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. blessed a new statue of Pope John Paul II at Saint Vincent de Paule residence. The statue is the work of Michael Bonnici who works in the block name for the late Pope. Currently 144 residents are making use of the services offered in this block at Saint Vincent de Paule.
The Parliamentary Assistant within the Ministry for Health, the Elderly and Community Care, Peter Micallef showed the Archbishop around Block Pope John Paul II which has been especially set up for patients suffering from dimensia… Read more »
On Wednesday, 24th November, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. presided over the award ceremony of the Mgr Azzopardi Award, at the Radisson Blu Resort, St. Julians. Mgr Lawrence Gatt and Fr Joseph Borg Micallef were the winners of the award for this year’s edition. Both winners worked closely with disabled persons and their families. Their work has contributed to the creation of a new social conscience with regards to disabled persons… Read more »
Young educated Christian Palestinians would rather stay in their country than emigrate, if given the proper opportunities, according to results of a study commissioned by the Catholic Aid Coordination Committee, a consortium of Christian organizations in Jerusalem.
Sami El-Yousef, Jerusalem regional director of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine, a member of the consortium, said young people have a deep connection to the land and are looking to the church and church organizations to find a way to help them remain in the country by providing adequate job opportunities and help with education and housing… Read more »
On Tuesday, 23rd November, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona celebrated Mass at Ta’ Xbiex Parish on the occasion of Rev. Augustine Vella O.C.D. taking office as the new parish priest.
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Persuni b’diżabilità se jkunu l-benefiċjarji tal-kunċert ta’ din is-sena Strummin’ Home, imtella’ miz- Żgħażagħ Ħaddiema Nsara.
F’kummenti li tat lil IL-ĠENSillum online, Lorleen Farrugia fissret li l-kunċert ta’ din is-sena se jkun qed jiffoka fuq l-iktar mużika popolari ta’ dawn l-aħħar 50 sena.
Din se tkun id-disa’ edizzjoni tal-kunċert Strummin’ Home, kunċert li issa sar appuntament tradizzjonali tal-ħarifa Maltija u li permezz tiegħu jinġabru fondi b’risq skopjiet karitattevoli… Read more »
Catholic.net is launching an essay contest in which the winner will be awarded a trip to Madrid for World Youth Day next August.
The competition is open to any youth between the ages of 16 and 28, of any nationality.
Participants are asked to write an essay answering the question: “How have you found God?”
Under this topic, several possible themes are suggested: the brevity of life, the love of God, happiness, the love of Christ, mission, inner change, or the sacraments… Read more »
The Diocesan Commission for the Family is holding a seminar for all members of Parish Commissions for the Family on Friday, 26th November, 2010, at the Archbishop’s Seminary, Tal-Virtu’ at 6.30pm. During the seminar, Fr Vince Magri s.j. will speak about the building of an authentic marital and family spirituality. But what exactly is the nature of this spirituality? In what ways does marital love become a basic ingredient to provide unique opportunities for enriching the spirituality of a couple and their family? … Read more »
Three hundred and twenty directors of European Catholic charitable organizations will meet in the Polish Marian Shrine of Czestochowa this month to rediscover the most profound motivations for their charitable activities.
The spiritual exercises, organized by the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Vatican dicastery that coordinates the charitable activity of Catholic institutions around the world, were presented Tuesday to a group of journalists by Cardinal-designate Robert Sarah, the president of the Vatican dicastery… Read more »
‘Fil-viżjoni nisranija nemmnu li fiċ-ċentru ta’ Alla hemm il-bniedem’. Dan qalu l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona O.P. fid-diskors li għamel fil-festa ta’ Kristu Re’ nhar il-Ħadd, 21 ta’ Novembru, 2010, Raħal Ġdid.
L-Arċisqof għamel enfasi fuq il-punt li l-bniedem huwa l-bidu w it-tmiem ta’ kollox u dan qal, huwa evidenti fil-Bibbja, b’mod speċjali fil-Ġenesi. Dan hu minnhu għax Alla ħalaq id-dinja għall-bniedem biex ikun koperatur miegħu… Read more »
