Religious education lessons may well be the most visible presence of the Catholic Church in Maltese state schools, but dozens of religious counsellors – and many volunteers and pastoral workers – also play an active role, helping in the spiritual and personal development of students, educators and staff alike.

And their efforts are coordinated by a team of three: Fr Reuben Gauci and pastoral workers Silvana Cardona and Anne Marie Gatt, who form the Spiritual Development in Schools (SDS) team within the Archdiocese of Malta’s Vicariate of Evangelisation… Read more »

Patri Marcello Ghirlando ofm, li bħalissa qed iservi bħala Gwardjan fil-komunità tal-Patrijiet Franġiskani Minuri f’Għajnsielem, għadu kemm ġie maħtur Assistent Viżitatur Ġenerali fil-Kustodja tal-Art Imqaddsa, proċess li jiftaħ it-triq għall-elezzjoni ta’ Kustodju ġdid.

Il-Kustodju tal-Art Imqaddsa prattikament hu l-Ministru Provinċjal fir-reġjun tal-Lvant Nofsani, li barra Iżrael u l-Palestina, jinkludi wkoll il-Ġordan, il-Libanu, parti mill-Eġittu, Ċipru u Rodi, barra d-diversi Kummissarjati mxerrdin mad-dinja, fosthom dak f’Malta… Read more »

L-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi appella lill-ġenituri biex ma jiddejqux milli jenfasizzaw il-valur tal-quddiesa lit-tfal mindu jkunu ta’ età żgħira.

F’intervista waqt il-programm Għal Kulħadd fuq RTK103, li jixxandar bejn it-Tnejn u l-Ġimgħa bejn id-9am u nofsinhar, l-Isqof Awżiljarju stqarr li “jien naħseb li mindu t-tfal ikunu żgħar, mhux dejjem dak li tiżra taħsad imma jekk qatt ma tiżra, żgur m’intix se taħsad! … Read more »

Caritas Malta, Fondazzjoni Oasi, the Church Schools Association and the Secretariat for Catholic Education are advocating for the banning of HHC products being sold across the Maltese Islands.

With the legislation for the Responsible Use of Cannabis, we have seen the sprouting of a number of cannabis stores or grow shops around the island marketing and selling low THC (the active ingredient producing the ‘high’ in cannabis) products, cannabis seeds and cannabis related equipment… Read more »

Sr Bartholomea Gauci fit-12 ta’ Jannar għalqet 100 sena!

“Għandna bżonn nidħlu fil-GPS ta’ Ġesù għax dik hija l-unika triq li twasslek għall-ġenna,” hekk stqarret Sr Bartholomea meta Newsbook.com.mt iltaqa’ magħha lejliet għeluq sninha. Il-ġurnal skopra minn fejn ġiet is-sejħa tagħha, l-involviment tagħha fil-parroċċa ta’ San Bastjan u l-imħabba ferventi li għandha għal Kristu. Magħha kantajna wkoll ‘happy birthday’ u għoddejna sal-100! … Read more »

Six nuns of the Benedictine Order from the Abbey of Santa Scholastica in Victoria, Argentina, accompanied by their Abbess, are welcomed in the Vatican by the president of the Governorate. They will form a monastic community in the Monastery, which served as Benedict XVI’s home after his resignation and until his death.

The Argentine Benedictine nuns invited by Pope Francis to reside in Mater Ecclesiae, the monastery in the heart of the Vatican Gardens that was the home of the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, for almost a decade after his historic resignation, arrived on Wednesday morning, January 3rd… Read more »

The Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia, Bishop Aldo Berardi, celebrates Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary in Doha, the first official Christian place of worship in Qatar.

The Catholic Church in Qatar celebrated a solemn Mass intended as a symbol of hope and unity for its diverse Catholic community, which is made up of individuals from various ethnicities, nationalities, languages, and Catholic rites… Read more »