Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

Made public yesterday was a letter from Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. to priests of the Catholic Church in the People’s Republic of China, for the occasion of the Year for Priests which was called to mark the 150th anniversary of the death of St. John Mary Vianney, the saintly “Cure of Ars”.

“In the Letter that the Holy Father addressed to the bishops, priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful in the People’s Republic of China on 27 May 2007, a number of guidelines are indicated for the future journey of the Church”, explains the cardinal in his letter which was published in Chinese, English and Italian… Read more »

The Cana Movement would like to invite the general public to a conference on the subject ‘Divorce in Ireland – The experience of another Catholic country’. The guest speaker for this conference will be David Quinn, Chairperson of Iona Institute in Ireland and religious affairs commentator on radio and TV. The conference will be held on Friday 20th November at 7.00pm, at the Catholic Institute (Sala San Pawl), Floriana… Read more »

On Sunday 15th November 2009, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP inaugurated the ŻĦN Cardijn Centre for Education and Recreation at St. Paul’s Bay. The centre managed by Żgħażagħ Ħaddiema Nsara (ŻĦN) and Youtheme will be at the service of young people contributing to their formation and recreative aims. Previously known as ZHN Holiday Centre, back in the 1960s it provided an affordable holiday away from home for young workers with minimum wage… Read more »

Waqt iż-żjara pastorali fiż-Żejtun, il-Ħadd 15 ta’ Novembru 2009, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP iċċelebra Quddiesa fil-Knisja tal-Madonna tal-Ħniena fejn ikkonsagra wkoll l-artal maġġur. Il-laqgħat tal-Arċisqof man-nies ser ikomplu matul din il-ġimgħa. Nhar il-Ħamis l-Arċisof se jippresiedi l-Assemblea Parrokkjali. Kulħadd huwa mistieden li jattendi.

Agħfas fuq ir-ritratt biex tkabbar… Read more »

Emerġenza Fidi Għaliex? …id-diskors ta’ Fr Rene Camilleri waqt il-Kungress Kateketiku Nazzjonali 2009

Jiena nqis bħala wieħed mill-iktar kapitli importanti, bażiċi tal-Konċilju Vatikan II, it-tieni kapitlu tal-Kostituzzjoni Dei Verbum fuq it-trasmissjoni tar-Rivelazzjoni Divina. Għax il-mod kif il-Knisja tittrasmetti, jirrifletti ħafna il-Knisja x’inhi, u viċi versa. Fin-numru 8, li iktar speċifikament jitkellem dwar it-tradizzjoni ta’ din ir-Rivelazzjoni, l-att ta’ kif il-Knisja tgħaddi b’mod ħaj dak li rċeviet, il-Konċilju jgħid li l-Knisja fid-duttrina, fil-ħajja u fil-liturġija tipperpetwa u tittrasmetti lil kull ġenerazzjoni dak kollu li hi, dak kollu li temmen… Read more »

Bħala parti miż-żjara pastorali fiż-Żejtun, il-Ġimgħa 13 ta’ Novembru 2009, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona OP ltaqa’ mal-membri tal-Kummissjoni Adolexxenti u Żgħażagħ mill-parroċċa taż-Żejtun. Preżenti għal din il-laqgħa kien hemm Fr Savio Vella, delegat tal-Arċisqof għaż-żgħażagħ u Dun Eric Overand, Arċipriet taż-Żejtun.

Agħfas fuq ir-ritratt biex tkabbar… Read more »

Following the success of the World Youth Day Song Contest 2009, which was held last April with the participation of 10 local bands, the Youth Diocesan Commission (KDZ) wishes to inform all Christian Bands that the fifth edition of this Contest is going to be held on Saturday, 27th February, 2010 at the Salesian Oratory in Sliema. This edition of the contest is the second one from a cycle of three that will lead to the 2010 WYD that will be held in Spain… Read more »