News from the Church in Malta
The BOV Marathon in aid of Dar tal-Providenza is back again with 53 hours of non-stop games at the home’s car park in Siġġiewi. The 13th edition of the marathon starts today, Friday 30th June at 6pm and ends at midnight on the 2nd of July.
An added attraction this year is sitting volleyball which is an adaptation of the discipline of volleyball in which even persons with disability can take part… Read more »
Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Galea-Curmi inaugurated and blessed Casa Fratelli Tutti, a house which welcomes priests from poor countries who wish to read for a Licentiate in Pastoral Theology within the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta. The aim of Casa Fratelli Tutti is for the Church in Malta and the University to provide foreign priests with the opportunity to continue their studies in Malta, despite the financial and cultural challenges they may face… Read more »
F’intervista waqt edizzjoni oħra tal-programm What’s On Newsbook, li jixxandar kuljum f’nofsinhar fuq 103 Malta’s Heart, ir-Rettur tal-iskola tal-Missjunarji ta’ San Pawl fir-Rabat Fr Clinton Farrugia spjega x’kien il-ħsieb wara t-300 tpinġija li ffurmaw il-mappa tad-dinja fuq wieħed mill-ħitan tal-iskola.
Fr Clinton stqarr li bħala parti miċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet f’għeluq l-10 snin mill-ftuħ tal-iskola primarja tal-MSSP li għalihom kienu “barka li nservu lil dawn it-tfal” xtaqu jagħmlu proġett oriġinali f’liema proġett it-tfal ikunu protagonisti… Read more »
Thirteen people have successfully completed a residential drug rehabilitation programme run by Caritas Malta, celebrating their progress in a graduation ceremony at the San Blas Therapeutic Community on Friday evening.
The ceremony was attended by President George Vella and his two direct predecessors, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca and George Abela, Bishop Joseph Galea Curmi and the director of Caritas Malta from 1977 to 2014, Mgr Victor Grech… Read more »
F’Għawdex se jkun qed isir ir-Rit tat-Tberik tat-Tarbija fil-Ġuf li se jitmexxa mill-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Anton Teuma.
Dan ir-rit se jsir nhar il-Ħadd 25 ta’ Ġunju fis-6.30pm fis-Santwarju tal-Madonna Ta’ Pinu.
Dar Ġużeppa Debono u l-Komunità Anawim qed jistiednu lil dawk il-koppji u familji li qed jistennew tarbija għal din il-quddiesa. Wara r-Rit, se jkun hemm mument flimkien fuq iz-zuntier tas-Santwarju… Read more »
On Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June 2023, all parishes in Malta will be collecting offerings for Peter’s Pence, the traditional collection to support the charitable work of Pope Francis to help our suffering brothers and sisters as well as to support the work of the Holy See around the world.
What is Peter’s Pence?
Peter’s Pence is the name given to the financial support offered by the faithful to the Holy Father as a sign of their sharing in the concern of the Successor of Peter for the many different needs of the Universal Church and for the relief of those most in need… Read more »
The General Secretariat of the Synod published the “Instrumentum laboris”, the document that will guide the work of the two-part General Assembly that will meet in Rome in October 2023 and October 2024.
Instrumentum laboris, which is some sixty pages long, was released on Tuesday morning, and incorporates the experiences of local Churches in every region of the world – Churches that are experiencing wars, climate change, economic systems that produce “exploitation, inequality, and ‘waste’.”
Churches whose faithful suffer martyrdom, in countries where they are minorities or where they are coming to terms “with an increasingly driven, and sometimes aggressive, secularisation.” Churches wounded by sexual abuse, or abuses of power and conscience,” whether economic and institutional – wounds that demand answers and “conversion.”
Churches that are fearlessly confronting the challenges by engaging in the synodal discernment, without trying to “resolve them at all costs”: “Only in this way can these tensions become sources of energy and not lapse into destructive polarisations.”
Deliberately conceived as a starting point and not a point of arrival, the Instrumentum laboris brings together the experiences of dioceses around the world over the last two years, starting from 10 October 2021, when Pope Francis set in motion a journey to discern what steps to take “to grow as a synodal Church.”
The Instrumentum laboris, therefore, is intended as an aid for discernment “during” the General Assembly, while at the same time serving as a means of preparation for participants as it looks ahead to the gathering… Read more »
Fr Stephen Magro, missjunarju Żabbari li għal dawn l-aħħar sena u ħames xhur kien qiegħed iservi ġewwa Kuba semma’ kif waħda mill-isbaħ esperjenzi fil-missjoni tiegħi hi meta jara adulti jew żgħażagħ li jersqu lejn Alla.
F’intervista ma’ Newsbook.com.mt hu spjega kif din hija esperjenza pożittiva għaliex dawn ma jkollhom l-ebda kuntatt mal-knisja imbagħad tibda tarahom jinvolvu ruħhom, jibdew il-mixja tal-fidi, jsiru parti mill-komunità u jkunu sabu t-tieni familja tagħhom fi ħdan il-knisja… Read more »
The BOV Volley Marathon in aid of Id-Dar tal-Providenza is back with 53 hours of continuous play in the car park of the Home in Siġġiewi. The 13th Edition of the Marathon will kick off on Friday 30th June at 6.00pm and continue non-stop until midnight on Sunday 2nd July 2023. It will be officially opened by the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Chris Fearne with the band of the Armed Forces of Malta in attendance… Read more »
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Prayer for Spiritual Communion
My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament.
I love You above all things.
I desire to receive You into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally,
come at least spiritually into my heart… Read more »
