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MALTA BIBLE SOCIETY ORGANIZES COURSES AND SEMINARS

The Malta Bible Society is organising 8 new Bible Courses and a One Day Seminar between October and December 2010.  The aim of these courses is to help in the better understanding of the Bible and its message.

The themes of the courses vary to suit everyone’s needs.  The lecturers are experts in their subjects.

The courses are held in the morning between 0900 and 1300 and in the evening between 6.00 and 7.30 p.m… Read more »

THE GIFT OF FREEDOM: A HISTORY OF TRANSITIONS AND CHALLENGES

The international workshop of the Conference of European Justice and Peace Commissions of the Catholic Church has taken place in Vilnius, Lithuania between the 17th and 19th September. The theme was “The Gift of Freedom: A History of Transitions and Challenges”, in recognition of the fact that 2010 is a special anniversary for Lithuania, marking twenty years since the re-establishment of independence after the end of Soviet rule… Read more »

PONTIFF WANTS FAMILIES TO START PREPARING FOR 2012 EVENT

Pope on the occasion of the World Meeting of the Families in Valencia, Spain

The next World Meeting of Families is not till 2012, but Benedict XVI is asking families and parishes to begin preparations a year in advance, availing of Pope John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation “Familiaris Consortio. The German Pontiff made this request in an Aug. 23 letter to the president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, Cardinal Ennio Antonelli… Read more »

REMEMBERING MALTESE MISSIONARY WORKERS

The Secretariat for Maltese Priests who serve the Church abroad (SMPO) greet priests, religious and laity who are performing missionary duties and wish to express their appreciation for the sterling work they perform in this particular field.

The Secretariat wishes to invite the Maltese people to pause for a moment and reflect, together as a family or within groups, upon the difficulties which those missionaries who are working in Pakistan and India are presently facing… Read more »

POPE’S MESSAGE ON WORLD TOURISM DAY

Tema: It-turizmu u l-Biodiversita

Bit-tema tat-“Turizmu u l-Biodiversita’” li kienet proposta mill-Organizazzjoni Dinjija tat-Turizmu, il-Jum Dinji tat-Turizmu jispera li jaghti l-kontribuzzjoni tieghu lis-Sena Internazzjonali ghad-Diversita Biologika 2010, li kienet dikjarata mill-Assemblea Generali tal-Gnus Maghquda.

Din is-sejha saret imhabba it-thassib serju dwar “l-implikazzjonijiet socjali, ekonomici, ambjentali u kulturali li jtellfu l-biodiversita, li jinkludu l-effetti negattivi fil-kisbiet tal-Ghanijiet tal-Izvilupp tal-Millenju u l-htiega li jinholqu mizuri konkreti biex jreggghuha lura… Read more »

MILLENNIUM CHAPEL FOUNDER PASSES ON DIRECTORSHIP

Fr Saviour Grima OSA whose latest responsibility has been that of parish priest at St Augustine Church in Valletta has been appointed as new Director of the Millennium Chapel and WOW.  Fr Hilary Tagliaferro who founded the Millennium Chapel ten years ago will remain active at Millennium Chapel and will assist  Fr Saviour Grima to take on his role and to provide his constant support and experience… Read more »

NEW PARISH PRIEST FOR IKLIN

Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. has appointed Fr Keith Bonniċi as the new Parish Priest of Iklin.

Fr Bonniċi, from Hamrun, was born on 1st November 1970. He attended Stella Maris School, Balzan and the Minor Seminary in Rabat.

He spent twenty years in Scotland where he led a monastic life for eleven years. He was ordained to the priesthood on the 6th November 1995… Read more »

SECOND YEAR OF PARISH PASTORAL VISITS

Archbishop Paul Cremona on Saturday 25th September, 2010, embarked on a Pastoral Visit to Mgarr. This is the second year of the programme of pastoral visits which are spread over a period of five years. The primary scope of these visits is for the Archbishop to meet people living in the parish and all those who offer their services within the Church. After the Mgarr Pastoral Visit, the Archbishop will visit the parishes of Mosta and Gharghur… Read more »

THREE JOYFUL EVENTS FOR THE FRANCISCAN PROVINCE

During the month of September the Franciscan Province of St. Paul the Apostle has shared three important joyful events.

On the 6th September at St. Francis Church, Hamrun, Brother Aaron Abdilla O.F.M. professed to live for a year the vows of obedience, poverty and chastity, in the Franciscan Order, after terminating his novitiate in Assisi. During the same celebration Clive Camilleri, Ramon Farrugia u Andrea Diacono received the Franciscan habit… Read more »

MODERN TEEN TO BE BEATIFIED SATURDAY

Chiara Badano

Chiara Badano was a modern teenager: She liked to sing, dance, play tennis and skate, until cancer took her life at age 18, only two decades ago. Now, on Saturday at 4 p.m. in the shrine of Divine Love in Rome, Chiara will be beatified in a ceremony presided over by Archbishop Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, in representation of Benedict XVI… Read more »