News from the Church in Malta
On Tuesday 12th, October, 2010, at 7:00 p.m., the Institute for Research on the Signs of the Times (DISCERN) is organizing its annual lecture on ‘The Second Vatican Council – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’. The guest speaker will be H.L. Mgr. Luigi Bettazzi, Bishop Emeritus of Ivrea. The lecture will be held at the Phoenicia Hotel, Floriana.
Mgr Luigi Bettazzi was born in Treviso, Italy in 1923… Read more »
Ambrogio Pisoni The Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples, which ordinarily takes place annually in Rimini, Italy, will be organized in a similar way in Egypt. The event, which is sponsored by the Catholic lay Communion and Liberation Movement, will have its two-day Egypt edition Oct. 28-29 and will focus on the theme: “Beauty: Space of Dialogue.”
In statements to ZENIT, regional director of Communion and Liberation, Ambrogio Pisoni, also pastoral assistant of the Catholic University of Milan, explained how this initiative came about… Read more »
Yesterday the Holy Father received participants in a congress on the Catholic press promoted by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. The congress has been taking place this week in Rome.
Addressing the participants, who come from eighty-five different countries, the Pope referred to two specific aspects of the role of the Catholic press. On the one hand, he said, “there is the specific nature of the medium: the press; i.e., the written word and its importance and effectiveness in a society which has seen the burgeoning of dish antennae and satellites… Read more »
Il-Ħamis, 7 ta’ Ottubru, 2010, il-Kummissjoni Pastorali Dwar id-Dinja tax-Xogħol organizzat konferenza bit-tema ‘il-Ħadd: Ta’ Kulħadd?’
Meta kien qed jindirizza din il-konferenza, Monsinjur Anton Gouder, Pro-Vigarju Generali, qal li Alla bierek u qaddes is-seba’ jum. Alla ordna lill-bniedem biex jistrieħ u li ebda persuna ma tittħaddem f’jum il-Ħadd. Monsinjur Gouder qal li dan juri biċ-ċar l-aspett socjali tar-religjon tagħna, fejn Alla jpoġġi lill-bniedem u lid-dinjita’ tiegħu, kif ukoll il-bżonn tal-bniedem biex jistrieħ, fiċ-ċentru tas-soċjeta’… Read more »
L-Għaqda Studenti tat-Teoloġija qed torganizza Lectio Divina nhar is-Sibt 9 t’Ottubru fis-7:30pm fil-Kunvent tal-Patrijiet Karmelitani fl-Imdina. Din se tkun immexxija minn Rev Fr. Alessandro Vella O Carm. Kulħadd huwa mistieden li jattendi. Il-laqgħa tispiċċa għal-ħabta tad-9:00pm.
L-eżerċizzju tal-Lectio Divina huwa l-għarfien u t-twettieq bl-għemil tar-rieda ta’ Alla permezz tal-Kotba Mqaddsa. It-terminu Lectio Divina jfisser qari tal-Kelma ta’ Alla. Imma dan l-eżerċizzju mhux sempliċi qari tal-Bibbja… Read more »
Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev
Orthodox Archbishop Hilarion Alfeyev of Volokolamsk is expressing the conviction that the 21st century will see a flowering of Christianity, without divisions between the followers of Jesus.
The chairman of the Department of External Affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate made these comments today in a ceremony in which he was given an honorary doctorate by the faculty of theology of Catalonia, which is under the patronage of the Gregorian University of Rome… Read more »
On the occasion of the Cathedral Consecration Anniversary, the Cathedral Museum of Mdina will hold an Open Day for Maltese and Tourists on the 10th of October, 2010 from 10.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m.
There will be two guided tours, one at 11.00 led by Mgr. Prof. Vincent Borg and another one at 16.00 led by Rev. John Sammut.
All are invited to attend… Read more »
This month the diocesan process will begin for the beatification of Servant of God Cardinal François Xavier Nguyen van Thuân (1928-2002). The solemn opening of the diocesan investigation on the life, virtues and reputation for sanctity of the cardinal will take place Oct. 22, three years after the announcement of the launching of the cause of beatification. The Vietnamese cardinal served as vice-president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in 1994, and was its president from 1998 to 2002… Read more »
A new vision regarding pastoral work
The latest Pastoral Plan for the Church in Malta, launched by His Grace the Archbishop Paul Cremona in 2009, invites Christians to distinguish between living their faith merely as part of their tradition or to live their faith out of conviction, as a conscious choice. Within the context of a culture that is constantly evolving, the Church is compelled to pledge itself to a new way of evangelization… Read more »
