Aħbarijiet mill-Knisja f'Malta
Illum, is-Sibt, 15 ta’ Diċembru 2018, l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa għall-familji organizzata mill-GRUFAN. Il-Quddiesa ser issir fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann u tibda fil-5:30pm.
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Fil-jiem li għaddew, l-Isqof Awżiljarju Joseph Galea-Curmi ċċelebra Quddiesa ma’ ħaddiema tal-Kurja fid-dar tal-Knisja għall-anzjani ‘Casa Leone’ f’San Ġiljan, bħala parti mill-Corporate Social Responsibility Day tal-Kurja tal-Arċisqof. Matul il-ġurnata, fost attivitajiet oħra, il-ħaddiema żejnu d-dar għall-Milied, ippreparaw ħelu għall-anzjani u żammew kumpanija lir-residenti.
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The ten new Ambassadors come from Switzerland, Malta, The Bahamas, Cabo Verde, Iceland, The Gambia, Qatar, Estonia, Turkmenistan, and Grenada. All of them are non-resident Ambassadors because their countries do not have an established Embassy to the Holy See in Rome.
They presented their letters of credence, or diplomatic credentials, to the Pope during an audience in the Clementine Hall in the Vatican on Thursday…
L-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna appella biex ħadd ma jibża’, lanqas min-negattiv, mill-isfidi, mill-mard jew mid-diżappunti tal-ħajja. Kompla bi frażi oħra, “Il-Mulej miegħek”.
Fl-ewwel vlogg tiegħu fuq Newsbook.com.mt, Mons. Scicluna rrefera għaż-żewġ frażijiet li qal l-anġlu Gabrijel lil Marija: “La tibżax” u “Il-Mulej miegħek”. Stqarr li dawn il-frażijiet jixtieq jipproponihom għal dan l-istaġun tal-Milied u l-Epifanija…
Tħabbru d-dettalji tat-23 edizzjoni tal-Festa ta’ Ġenerożità li ssir fl-Ewwel ta’ Jannar ta’ kull sena organizzata mid-Dar tal-Providenza biex jinġabru fondi ħalli d-Dar tas-Siġġiewi tkun tista’ tkompli bil-ħidma tagħha u ssaħħaħa. Dan qalu Fr Martin Micallef, Direttur tad-Dar, waqt konferenza tal-aħbarijiet li saret t-Tlieta, 11 ta’ Diċembru 2018.
Fr Martin semma’ erba’ għanijiet tal-Festa ta’ Ġenerożità mad-Dar tal-Providenza: li l-pubbliku jkun jista’ jiltaqa’ mar-residenti tad-Dar; li jara b’għajnejh xi proġetti u inizzjattivi importanti li saru jew qed isiru fid-Dar; li jinġabru fondi biex is-servizz siewi li tagħti d-Dar tal-Providenza jkun jista’ jibqa’ għaddej u jitjiebu; u fl-aħħarnett biex jitwassal il-messaġġ li d-Dar tal-Providenza dejjem trid twassal: is-soċjetà dejjem trid tirrispetta lill-persuni b’diżabilità, titrattahom bid-dinjità li jixirqilhom u toffrilhom l-għażliet u l-opportunitajiet li kulħadd għandu dritt li jgawdi…
People gather outside the Campinas Cathedral after the shooting in Sao Paulo state, Brazil.
A gunman has shot and killed four people during Mass at a cathedral in southern Brazil before shooting himself at the altar.
He also shot and injured four others, all elderly worshippers, using a revolver and a .38 pistol in the attack at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Campinas, an industrial city 60 miles north of São Paulo…
On Human Rights Day, Pope Francis makes an appeal to “place human rights at the heart of all policies, including development cooperation policies, even when this means going against the tide.”
Equal human dignity in every person
These words came in a message to the International Conference: entitled “Human Rights in the Contemporary World: Achievements, Omissions, Negations” promoted by the Dicastery for Integral Human Development and the Pontifical Gregorian University…
Il-Premju Dun Mikiel Azzopardi għas-sena 2018 ingħata lil Mons. Philip Calleja bħala turija ta’ rikonoxximent u apprezzament tad-Dar tal-Providenza għall-ħidma u l-appoġġ tiegħu lejn id-Dar tas-Siġġiewi. Kien Monsinjur Calleja li wara l-mewt ta’ Dun Mikiel f’Mejju ta’ l-1987, ingħata l-inkarigu minn Mons. Arċisqof Ġużeppi Mercieca biex jorganizza l-funeral kif ukoll biex jieħu ħsieb it-tmexxija tad-Dar, sakemm ġie nominat Mons. Lawrence Gatt bħala d-Direttur il-ġdid…
This year’s Sand Nativity scene and the Christmas tree of Rome’s St. Peter’s Square was inaugurated Friday evening during an impressive ceremony that included Christmas carols, folk dances and band music.
Hundreds of people, including Church dignitaries applauded as curtains were pulled down revealing the 16-meter wide depiction of the birth of Jesus made entirely of sand and dubbed the “Sand Nativity.”
The bas-relief sand sculpture of the Nativity scene is a gift of the Italian seaside resort town of Jesolo, north of Venice, and the Patriarchate of Venice. Over 700 tons of sand from the beach of Jesolo was compacted to create the 16-meter wide and 5-meter tall Nativity sculpture covering 25 square meters…
It-Tnejn, 10 ta’ Diċembru 2018, fid-9:30 a.m., l-Arċisqof Charles J. Scicluna ser jiċċelebra Quddiesa għall-istudenti li jattendu skejjel tal-Istat, tal-Knisja u dawk Indipendenti fil-ftuħ tal-kampanja ‘Milied Flimkien’. Il-Quddiesa ser issir fil-Konkatidral ta’ San Ġwann, il-Belt Valletta.
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