On the occasion of the feast of St Calcedonius, the Archbishop’s Curia in Floriana will open its doors to the general public on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 July 2019. The public is invited to visit the Curia premises, previously known as Casa Manresa, and the restoration works currently in progress.

The visitors will be able to admire the Baroque architecture and several works of art that are located in the refectory hall, in the corridors, sacristy and in the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Manresa, where the relics of St Calcedonius are venerated…

The Interdiocesan Environment Commission (KA) holds that the revised fuel stations policy has not been properly reviewed prior to its publication and that its drafting was a very hasty job, possibly driven by assertive public protests that started to cause embarrassment to the authorities.

The proposed policy states that if the “fuel station is not used for a period of three consecutive years within thirty years”, then the site “has to return to agricultural state.” However, earlier the policy states that the fuel station shall not be located on agricultural land…

The Foundation for Theological Studies of the Archdiocese of Malta is once again offering a bursaries scheme to encourage more individuals to engage in theological and pastoral studies within the Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta. The aim of the scheme is to empower laypeople to be actively involved within the Church and in society.

For the academic year 2019-2020, the Foundation is offering 10 bursaries of €2,000 to students enrolling in any of the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Theology (part-time)
• Master of Arts in Bioethics
• Master of Arts in Business Ethics
• Master of Arts in Environmental Ethics
• Master of Arts in Theology
• Master of Arts in Religious Studies

Applications for the bursaries close on the 16th of September 2019…

Following an increase in support for far-right movements, some of which base their arguments on the need to protect our ‘Catholic identity’ as well as recent statements by the Guardian for Future Generations, who justified his call to exclude migrants and Muslims in particular by invoking his desire to live and die in a Catholic country,[1] the Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Malta feels the need to speak out on our duty as Catholics to resist politics of hate and exclusion…

Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna appointed Ms Yvonne Mallia, a warranted social worker with 25 years experience in the social welfare sector, as the new Director of Fondazzjoni Sebħ.

Fondazzjoni Sebħ is the Maltese Church NGO which cares for around 40 children in residential care offering them a safe, loving and nurturing environment to meet their needs. The foundation also supports 13 families who currently live at Dar Qalb ta’ Ġesù…