Between Saturday, 28th August and Thursday, 2nd September, 2010, at the Archbishop’s Seminary in Tal-Virtù, some 85 European Discalced Carmelite Students and their formators are being hosted by their confreres in the Malta Province to discuss Evangelisation in a European context flowing from the missionary spirit of St Paul.
During this meeting which comes to an end tomorrow, various speakers will be giving accounts on the experiences of intense Christian community living with orphans, disabled and senior persons in Colombia; of dialogue with people of other faiths in Basle, Switzerland; of relations with Muslims in Kuwait by its former Bishop Mons. Adeodatus Micallef; and an account by the Superior General of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers, Fr Saverio Cannistrà, about what his Order is doing in promoting a New Evangelisation in Europe.
Archbishop Paul Cremona O.P. led Vespers and addressed this select meeting on Sunday. The Carmelite University lecturer, Fr Sandro Vella, introduced a Lectio Divina illustrating the chapters of the Acts of the Apostles enshrining St Paul’s providential shipwreck on Malta’s shores and its initial evangelisation.
During their short stay, the participants will be taken on tour to the main Pauline venues in Malta.