Posts from February 2016

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Bishop George Bugeja taking over from Bishop Sylvester Magro in Benghazi

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Sunday, February 14, 2016, Bishop Sylvester Magro Pope Francis has today accepted the resignation of Bishop Sylvester Carmel Magro OFM, from the pastoral case of the Apostolic Vicariate of Benghazi in Libya. Mgr George Bugeja OFM, who has been serving as coadjutor bishop in Tripoli, will be taking over. Pope Francis thanked the bishop for […]

Saturday after Ash Wednesday

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Lent is a time for us to take an honest look at ourselves and receive the grace of Jesus’ healing love. Scripture “Jesus answered, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I have come to call not the righteous but sinners to repentance.’” Luke 5:31‒32 Reflection After […]

“Fl-aħħar. Aħna aħwa” – il-Papa Franġisku lill-Patrijarka Kirill

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“Fl-aħħar. Aħna aħwa” – il-Papa Franġisku lill-Patrijarka Kirill Minn Stefan Pullicino – 13/02/16 Il-Kap tal-Knisja Kattolika u dak tal-Knisja Ortodossa Russa ilbieraħ iltaqgħu għall-ewwel darba bejniethom f’Kuba. F’din il-laqgħa storika, il-Papa Franġisku laqa’ lill-Patrikarka Russu Kirill bil-kliem ”Fl-aħħar, aħna aħwa. Huwa ċar li din hija r-rieda t’Alla”. Qabel ma għannqu, il-Papa rrepeta l-kelma “ħija” għal […]

AĦBARIJIET TAL-PARROĊĊA – IL-ĦADD, 14 TA’ FRAR, 2016

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Illum il-Kummissjoni Familja qed tistieden lill-koppji miżżewġin u għarajjes għall-quddies tad-9.30am jew tal-11.00am biex flimkien niċċelebraw l-festa tal-Imħabba. It-Tnejn: Fid-9.30am jibdew l-ewwel kors ta’ Eżerċizzi Spiritwali għal kulħadd minn P. Anton Briffa O.F.M. Cap. Fil-5.15pm ser ssir Quddiesa għat-Tfal u l-Ġenituri fiċ-ċentru tal-M.U.S.E.U.M. Għalhekk l-Uffiċċju Parrokjali ser jiftaħ fis-6.15pm. It-Tlieta: Fis-6.30pm jitkomplew it-tberik u ż-żjarat […]

A priest’s mission is not to condemn – Lent pastoral letter

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A priest’s mission is not to condemn – Lent pastoral letter Saturday, 13 February 2016, A priest’s mission is not to condemn or excommunicate but to place his hands upon the sick and pray for the mercy of God which heals, the bishops said in their pastoral letter for Lent. This is why, as your […]

A Beautiful Woman, a Miraculous Spring of Water

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FEBRUARY 11, is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, and we celebrate her messsage of peace, penance, and healing. In 1858, a 14-year-old peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, was gathering firewood in the countryside when a beautiful woman, standing on a rock in a natural grotto, appeared to her. This began a series of 18 […]