News from the Church in Malta
On Sunday, 8th November, 2009, at 6pm, Archbishop Paul Cremona OP will preside over a Solemn Mass to be held at Christ the King Parish Church, Paola, during which six seminarians and an Augustinian friar will be ordained to the Diaconate. All are welcome to attend this celebration, to pray for more vocations to the priesthood and for the continued holiness of our clergy, particularly during this year dedicated to them… Read more »
The international conference on marriage and the family, organised in Malta on the 6th and 7th October 2009 has been given prominence in the British Catholic weekly newspaper, The Tablet. The editor of this well established newspaper, Ms Catherine Pepinster, was in Malta to follow this colloquium and report it’s proceedings. This world class colloquium was organised by The Cana Movement, Malta, in collaboration with the Centre for Family Studies at the University of Malta… Read more »
Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli
The president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications will visit Cuba next month and address the plenary assembly of the nation’s episcopal conference.
The office of the media council confirmed to ZENIT that Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli will visit the island nation Nov. 4-8. He had been invited by the bishops’ conference in Cuba.
In addition to addressing the plenary assembly of bishops, the archbishop will also visit the St… Read more »
A number of youths accepted KDZ’s (Kummisjoni Djocesana Zghazagh) invitation to participate in a forum to discuss poverty in Malta. ‘Y Standup?’ on the morning of the 24th October, kicked off just after 9.00am. With great enthusiasm at voicing their opinions, the youths headed towards their respective workshops after a brief introduction on the event.
Each workshop had a theme to discuss poverty from different perspectives… Read more »
“Minkejja li d-Dar tal-Providenza għalqet is-sena finanzjarja 2008 b’defiċit ta’ ftit aktar minn 100,000 Ewro, fl-istess waqt li tiġbor aktar minn tliet miljun u nofs Ewro f’sena mhix ċajta, u dan juri li l-poplu Malti u Għawdxi kompla jappoġġja din id-Dar.”
Hekk sostna ma’ IL-ĠENSillum id-Direttur tad-Dar tal-Providenza, Fr Martin Micallef, fid-dawl tad-dħul inqas li kellha d-Dar is-sena li għaddiet. Fl-2008, id-Dar kellha dħul ta’ 3,559,000 Ewro, waqt li s-sena ta’ qabel, id-dħul kien ta’ 4,342,000 miljun Ewro… Read more »
Benedict XVI entrusted the fruits of the Africa synod to the faithful on the continent, urging them to the “salt and light” of their homeland.
The Pope said before praying the last midday Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, and after celebrating the concluding liturgy of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops.
The three-week assembly, which gathered 33 cardinals, 79 archbishops and 156 bishops, considered the theme “The Church in Africa at the Service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace.”
“The synodal fathers, who have come from every country in Africa, have presented the rich reality of the local Churches,” the Pontiff said… Read more »
Nhar is-Sibt 24 ta’ Ottubru, 2009, l-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona ta bidu għal żjara pastorali f’San Pawl il-Baħar. Il-laqgħat tal-Arċisqof man-nies f’din il-lokalita jkomplu matul din il-gimgħa (Agħfas hawn biex tara l-impenji tal-Arċisqof).
Iż-żjarat pastorali bdew f’Jannar ta’ din is-sena. Minn Jannar sa Lulju, l-Arċisqof zar 14-il parroċċa. Wara l-waqfa tas-sajf, iż-żjarat pastorali qed ikomplu bi żjarat f’7 parroċċi oħra sa Diċembru… Read more »
The bishops who spoke at the Synod for Africa sometimes used different and divergent tones when speaking of Islam, but they agreed on need for dialogue and religious liberty.
Monsignor Joseph Bato’ora Ballong Wen Mewuda, the synod’s spokesman for the French language, affirmed this, and noted the difference of expressions between the bishops of North Africa and those of Sub-Saharan Africa.
These differences are reflected in the conclusions of the working groups of the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops… Read more »
L-Arċisqof Pawlu Cremona, il-Ġimgħa 23 ta’ Ottubru, żar l-iskola Primarja ta’ San Ġorg f’Ħal Qormi. Matul din iż-żjara Monsinjur Arċisqof wissa dwar l-importanza li l-ġenituri jkollhom ħin biżżejjed ma’ uliedhom biex ikunu jistgħu jgħaddulhom il-valuri neċessarji, bħal rispett u ġenerosita’ lejn il-proxxmu. Filwaqt li wera l-apprezzament tiegħu lejn id-dedikazzjoni li l-ġenituri juru lejn uliedhom, l-Arċisqof wera t-tħassib tiegħu dwar kemm l-avvanzi li saru fid-dinja tal-komunikazzjoni, bħat-televiżjoni, qed iħallu influwenza u x’tip ta’ influwenza qed ikollhom fuq it-tfal… Read more »
BIBLE SUNDAY will be celebrated in the Archdiocese of Malta and the Diocese of Gozo on Sunday, 25 October 2009. The theme chosen for this year is “The Word of God is alive and active, it judges the desires and thoughts of the heart” taken from the Letter to the Hebrews.
In messages that the Malta Bible Society printed and distributed in homes, schools and parishes, it explained that this is an invitation to all Christians to let the Word of God in the Bible act in their lives. … Read more »
