A Memorandum of Understanding detailing a collaboration between The St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation and the Jesuits Church Foundation has just been signed, thus signifying an important alliance between the two entities.

Among other goals, the Foundation will offer its services of restoration and conservation on three paintings in chapel dedicated to St Lucia and St Agatha, and the painting of Mattia Preti depicting Our Lady with the Saints, St Charles Borromeo and St Francis de Sales of the Jesuit church, funded by the St John’s Co-Cathedral Foundation… Read more »

Missio Malta welcomed priests, nuns and religious persons currently carrying out missionary work in Malta, at a specially organised meeting last month. The activity, which takes place twice a year, gathered 32 missionaries from nine countries. 

“Such meetings are very important to us, as they give us the opportunity to meet the generous individuals who decide to dedicate their lives to helping others… Read more »

A couple with two children needs more than €700 a month to buy food and other essential products, a study by Caritas found.

Conducted by Caritas and nine university students, the study examined the price of food and essential goods.

The methodology of this study was based on an evaluation of prices of goods at two supermarkets in the Central and South of Malta, a supermarket in Gozo, two minimarkets in the North of Malta, three vans selling produce – one in the South, another in the Centre, and one in Gozo – a mini-market selling vegetables and fruit in the North, and the farmer’s market in Ta’ Qali… Read more »

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) supports the statement endorsed by more than 160 faith leaders worldwide, urging the EU institutions to adopt a robust legal framework to hold companies accountable for environmental damage and human rights abuses.

In the context of the ongoing interinstitutional negations on the future EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, faith leaders plead for the EU law to be aligned with international standards and to cover a wide range of human rights and environmental harmful impacts throughout a company’s whole value chain… Read more »

Missio Malta National Director Rev. Victor Agius attended the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Rome, last month. The annual meeting is attended by 120 National Directors from all Pontifical Mission Societies from around the world to discuss matters of policy and strategy related to the operation of the world-wide organisation.

This year, the theme centred around the importance of evangelisation as part of every Christian’s everyday life… Read more »

The BOV Volleyball Marathon ended at midnight Sunday but not before raising the sum of €366,817.

Forty players went through fifty-three hours of volleyball that was officially whistled in at six in the evening on Friday by the Minister for Inclusion, Voluntary Organisations and Consumer Rights, Julia Portelli and continued non-stop since then.

Fr Martin thanked the people of Malta and Gozo, that once again responded with so much generosity to the call for fundraising for the Home through the Volleyball Marathon… Read more »

The Soup Kitchen OFM Valletta is the winner of the 2023 European Citizen’s Prize, having been nominated by MEP David Casa.

“The Franciscan Friars began operating the Soup Kitchen OFM Valletta project in 2021, soon after inflation of food prices drove those on the periphery to seek aid.”

Casa, who had led negotiations on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) as part of the ESF+ regulation, said that food inflation was a pressing challenge in today’s economy… Read more »