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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 »

VOICES-SPONSORED LEARNING CENTRE INAUGURATED AT CARITAS

A Learning Centre sponsored by the Voices Foundation was inaugurated at the Caritas Malta Therapeutic Centre at San Blas on Wednesday, 22nd September, 2010.  This gives Caritas state of the art facilities to raise the level of education of clients undergoing programmes of rehabilitation from drug addiction, and for the training of staff.

The Centre was inaugurated by Voices Foundation Chairman Mr… Read more »

POPE MARKS 100 YEARS OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA

USA Catholic Charities

Benedict XVI is sending a promise of prayers for the 100th anniversary celebrations of Catholic Charities USA, which reaches out to 9 million people every year.

The Pope sent a message to the organization through an Aug. 11 letter from his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, to Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum… Read more »

MALTA CONTRIBUTES TO WHO EURO REPORT ON EPILEPSY

Malta has contributed to Fostering Epilepsy Care in Europe report just published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the two international epilepsy organisations, the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE).  This report was launched during the recent Epilepsy and Society conference which was held in Porto, Portugal last month. The conference was attended by committee members of the Caritas Malta Epilepsy Association… Read more »

DETAILS RELEASED FOR BENEDICT XVI’s PALERMO TRIP

Square of Cathedral of Palermo

Days after Benedict XVI returned from a four-day visit to the United Kingdom, he is already planning his next pastoral trip, to Palermo, Italy.

A Vatican communiqué today detailed the schedule for the Pope’s Oct. 3 visit to the Italian island of Sicily on the occasion of a regional meeting of families and youth. The Pontiff will preside over an outdoor Mass at 10:30 a.m… Read more »