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POPE BEATIFIES BRITISH CONVERT

The Pope declared Cardinal Newman ”blessed” before thousands of worshippers

Thousands of people have witnessed the Pope’s beatification of 19th Century theologian Cardinal John Henry Newman, as his UK state visit was in its final stage.

The pontiff told more than 50,000 people at a Mass in Birmingham’s Cofton Park that they were celebrating the cardinal’s “outstanding holiness”… Read more »

ACTIVITIES FOR WORLD MISSION DAY 2010

Matul Ottubru, l-Uffiċċju Missjunarju, f’kollaborazzjoni ma’ numru ta’ għaqdiet u kongregazzjonijiet missjunarji, qed jorganizza żewġ attivitajiet pubbliċi biex jiċċelebra l-Ġurnata Missjunarja Dinjija 2010, li din is-sena se tkun iċċelebrata fl-24 ta’ Ottubru.

F’kummenti lil IL-ĠENSillum online, kelliem għall-dan l-Uffiċċju, John Bason, fakkar li Ottubru huwa x-xahar dedikat lill-missjonijiet, u għal darb’oħra l-Uffiċċju Missjunarju Pontifiċju se jkun qed jorganizza attivitajiet għal din l-okkażjoni maħsuba għall-familja kollha “biex din il-Ġurnata, li tiġi darba fis-sena, tkun ċelebrata kif jixraq”… Read more »

POPE PRAISES DEEP CHRISTIAN ROOTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Pope in UK

The Pope is leading an assembly of children in west London on day two of his four-day state visit to the UK, which is the seventeenth apostolic trip of his pontificate. After prayers Benedict XVI travelled in his popemobile through the grounds of St Mary’s University College in Twickenham.

Earlier thousands of people greeted him as he arrived amid tight security… Read more »

FIRST PROFESSION OF BROTHER CARMEL SPITERI AMONG THE TERESIAN CARMELITES

Carmel is a late vocation. Born at Floriana forty eight years on. He married, lived for 23 long years in the UK working with the Postal Services, and returned to Malta for good after losing his wife to cancer.
Always deeply religious, widower with no children, Carmel sought the kindly light for life ahead. Eventually he discovered hope and challenge in the parish of Ta’ Xbiex near his elderly parents’ home at Gzira… Read more »

EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS: 26 SEPTEMBER

The Holy See will once again participate  in the celebration of European Heritage Days, an initiative of the Council of Europe in which more than 50 countries on the continent take part. The celebrations this year will take place on Sunday 26 September and have as their theme: “European Heritage for Inter-cultural Dialogue”.

A communique made public explains that the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Patrimony of the Church, the Vatican Museums and the Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology are all collaborating in the event… Read more »

INDUCTION SEMINAR FOR NEWLY ENGAGED TEACHING STAFF IN CHURCH SCHOOLS

On Wednesday 15th September, 2010, the Directorate for Services in Education at the Secretariat for Catholic Education of the Archbishop’s Curia held an Induction Seminar for some seventy newly engaged teachers who, later this month, will embark on their teaching profession in Church schools.

Dr Rose Anne Cuschieri, the Director for Educational Services, introduced the seminar and drew out the morning’s programme.  … Read more »