Nhar il-Ħadd, 21 ta’ Novembru, 2010, se tiġi organizzata ċ-ċelebrazzjoni Djoċesana fl-okkażjoni tal-festa ta’ Kristu Re. It-tema għal din is-sena hi “Ilqa’ l-isfida: ġib il-faqar fix-xejn”, bbażata fuq it-tema Ewropea għal din is-sena għall-ġlieda kontra l-faqar u l-eskluzjoni soċjali. Is-Segretarju Pastorali, Fr Charles Cordina, spjega li “t-tema taċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet annwali ta’ Kristu Re tkun msawra fuq aspett socjali li l-Knisja tixtieq titfa dawl fuqu… Read more »

On Thursday, 18th November, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. presided over the ceremony of the Ministry of Acolyte conferred to seven seminarians, at Luqa Parish Church. The seminarians are: Dillon Bugeja from St. Catherine’s Parish, Zurrieq, Robin Camilleri from St. Andrew’s Parish, Luqa, Roderick Camilleri from the Parish of Our Lady of Graces, Zabbar, Mario Dimech from St.Nicholas Parish, Siggiewi, Anthony Paul Fitzpatrick from the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima, Gwardamanga, George Schembri from St George’s Parish, Qormi and Michael Zammit from St.Helen’s Parish, Birkirkara… Read more »

On Tuesday, 19th November, 2010, Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. celebrated Mass at St. John’s Co-Cathedral on the occasion of the graduation of University students. During his homily, Archbishop

Cremona adviced students that from now onwards society will be expecting much more from them. This is so since it has invested so much in their education. Archbishop Cremona said that now they will have to face tougher choices than before, especially in the light of whether a decision should be taken in respect to one’s beliefs or not… Read more »

The fourth edition of KDZ’s Young People’s Forum is being launched at St James Cavalier on Monday 22nd November at 7:00 p.m. The idea behind this year’s theme ‘Keepitreal’ is to investigate the social implications of web-based media including social networks, Instant Messaging, blogs and more.

A panel of researchers will highlight the major perspectives behind the theme. Ms Karen Bishop, Mr Alex Grech and Rev… Read more »

Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli

Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, announced this morning the creation of a new Vatican home page that will serve as a “point of connection between several news production centers of the Holy See.”

The prelate made the announcement at a press conference during the presentation of the new high definition television unit of the Vatican Television Center… Read more »

On Thursday, 18th November 2010 at 7 p.m. Archbishop Paul Cremona will preside over a celebration at Luqa parish church, during which he will be instituting seven seminarians as acolytes.

The seven seminarians, who are currently in their sixth year of formation, are: Dillon Bugeja from St. Catherine’s Parish, Zurrieq, Robin Camilleri from St. Andrew’s Parish, Luqa, Roderick Camilleri from the Parish of Our Lady of Graces, Zabbar, Mario Dimech from St.Nicholas Parish, Siggiewi, Anthony Paul Fitzpatrick from the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima, Gwardamanga, George Schembri from St George’s Parish, Qormi and Michael Zammit from St.Helen’s Parish, Birkirkara… Read more »

Over the past two weeks, Caritas Malta has had a flow of requests for help from persons who have a drug-related issue or from their families.  The pressure for help follows two editions of the television programme Xarabank dedicated to drug addiction and the work being done by Caritas with persons who want to rehabilitate themselves.

Caritas Malta said that this was an all-round show of solidarity, involving the Xarabank Team who dedicated much time to the production of these two programmes, the Public Broadcasting Services, the telephone and mobile companies, the Caritas Staff as well as the clients undergoing rehabilitation programmes and their families… Read more »