• The importance of safeguarding our Christian identity and not living double lives: that was the theme at the heart of Pope Francis’ homily at the Santa Marta Mass on Tuesday morning. The Pope based his words on the daily readings which focus on the need for coherence between our spiritual and our temporal lives.

  Pope Francis began by reflecting on the elderly Jewish Rabbi Eleazar who chose to be martyred rather than submit to the unjust laws that we read about in the second book of Macceabees…

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• The single thought, humanism that takes the place of Jesus, destroys the Christian identity. We don’t put that identity card up for auction. Those were the words of Pope Francis on Monday during  Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.

  Worldliness leads to the single thought and apostasy

  The first reading of the day from the first Book of the Maccabees, tells of “a root of evil” that arose in those days: the Hellenistic King Antiochus Epiphanes imposes pagan customs in Israel, to the ” chosen people “, that is, the” Church of that time…

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• Ġie ffirmat ftehim kollettiv ġdid bejn id-Dar tal-Knisja għall-Anzjani Casa Leone XIII u l-Professionals and Services Employees Union (PSEU). Il-ftehim, li jkopri l-perjodu bejn l-2015 u l-2019, ġie ffirmat mis-Sur Michael Pace Ross, Segretarju Amministrattiv tal-Arċidjocesi ta’ Malta, u mis-Sur Karmenu Vella, President tal-PSEU.

  Il-ftehim jipprovdi għal kundizzjonijiet aħjar ta’ xogħol għal ħaddiema kollha, speċjalment il-gradi ta’ taħt, fosthom żidiet bl-arretrati fis-salarji u fix-shift allowances, u bonus bħala rikonoxximent għal servizz twil lejn id-Dar…

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• Illum f’nofsinhar, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna flimkien mal-impjegati tal-Kurja u l-Caritas Malta osservaw minuta silenzju għall-vittmi tal-attakki terroristiċi li seħħ f’Pariġi. Ezattament wara, l-Arċisqof iċċelebra quddiesa b’suffraġju għall-vittmi li ħallew ħajjithom fl-attakki terroristiċi li sehhew dan l-ahhar, filwaqt li sar ukoll talb għall-paċi.

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• Nhar il-Ġimgħa 13 ta’ Novembru 2015, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna istitwixxa tliet seminaristi fil-ministeru tal-akkolitat, waqt ċelebrazzjoni li saret fil-Knisja Arċipretali ta’ San Filep t’Aġġira, Ħaż-Żebbuġ. 

  It-tliet seminaristi huma Sinclair Bugeja mill‑Parroċċa tal-Familja Mqaddsa, L-Iklin, Ryan Lee Pace mill-Parroċċa tal-Madonna tal-Karmnu, Il-Gżira, u Mark Spiteri mill‑Parroċċa ta’ San Filep t’Aġġira, Ħaż-Żebbuġ.

  Omelija tal-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna 

• Knisja Parrokkjali ta’ Ħaż-Żebbuġ

  13 ta’ Novembru 2015

  Għeżież Mark, Ryan, Sinclair, jien l-ewwelnett nifraħ magħkom, mal-familji tagħkom, mal-parroċċi li minnhom ġejjin, f’dan il-mument għażiż għalikom meta l-Knisja uffiċjalment qed tistitwikom akkoliti u titlobkom tgħinu fil-preparazzjoni tal-artal u meta jkun hemm bżonn ukoll, fit-tqassim tal-Ewkaristija…

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