Mass of Thanksgiving

Yesterday evening, H.E. Mgr Charles J. Scicluna, Archbishop of Malta, celebrated Holy Mass at the Seminary with the participation of several priests and lay people with whom seminarians worked during the summer months.

During the summer recess, seminarians are sent to a parish or an institution, or carry out voluntary work abroad. These experiences serve as a more practical and hands-on compliment to the ongoing formation given during the academic year at the Seminary.

During Mass, Archbishop Scicluna thanked all those…

Studying away from a desk!

A doctor spends years learning the procedures and studying about the latest medicines in the market, but he only comes face to face with the real healer in himself while meeting with the actual patients. Being involved in the Theology Students Association (or Għ.S.T. as it is more likely known) has opened me more to this reality. I can appreciate more my studies at University now that I get to put them into practice also through my involvement, both…

Three seminarians make promise of celibacy

Sinclair Bugeja from Iklin, Ryan Lee Pace from Gżira, and Mark Spiteri from Ħaż-Żebbuġ, yesterday evening made their promise of celibacy during a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna in the chapel of the Benedictine Monastery in Mdina.

The promise of celibacy was made in preparation for their upcoming diaconate ordination which is to take place later this month on the 28th of October in St John’s Co-Cathedral. During the homily, Archbishop Scicluna told the seminarians to recognise that…

Ministru tal-Ħniena

Id-djaknu wkoll huwa ministru. Mhux it-tip ta’ ministru li nisimgħu bih is-soltu fuq l-aħbarijiet, imma ministru kemxejn differenti. Ministru li xogħlu mhuwiex li jikkmanda, imma li jaqdi. Jaqdi lin-nies billi jwassal u jkun hu stess is-sinjal tal-ħniena infinita tal-Missier.

Nista’ ngħid li f’dawn l-aħħar sitt xhur, din kienet l-esperjenza tiegħi bħala djaknu b’mod speċjali fil-parroċċa ta’ San Sebastjan f’Ħal Qormi. Esperjenza fejn,…

Ħobż u Inbid li Jinqasmu

Ġesù seta’ nqeda b’ikel u xorb ieħor minflok il-ħobż u l-inbid biex permezz tagħhom iħallielna Ġismu u Demmu. Nimmaġina li meta ġie biex jieħu deċiżjoni kkonfonda xi ftit x’jaqbad jagħżel. Imma jien naħseb li għażel il-ħobż u l-inbid għaliex biex tiekol il-ħobż u tixrob l-inbid jeħtieġ li taqsamhom ma ħaddieħor. Ħadd ma jiekol ħobża tal-Malti sħiħa f’daqqa u ħadd ma jixrob flixkun inbid f’daqqa jekk ma jkunx irid jispiċċa ħażin. Il-ħobż u l-inbid trid taqsamhom ma’ ħaddieħor…

“Ġesù Kristu hu wiċċ il-ħniena tal-Missier.” (MV 1)

Minn dan il-vers hi ispirata din il-pittura, li qed tgħinna fit-talb tagħna waqt il-Ġublew Straordinarju tal-Ħniena. “Il-Mulej jixħet id-dija ta’ wiċċu fuqna, u jurina l-ħniena” (Num 6, 25).

Din l-inizjattiva tidher f’din il-pittura, fil-ħarsa tal-Mulej li minnha joħrog disinn fil-forma ta’ spirall li jifforma parċmina. Din tibda mill-isfond u ddur ma’ Ġesù, li Hu l-Kelma Inkarnata – Rivelazzjoni sħiħa….

Jiena Nahfirlek

Illum fis-Seminarju tal-Arcisqof bejn id-9:00 p.m. u l-11:00 p.m. se jsir servizz penitenzjali miftuħ għal kulħadd, immirat partikolarment għaż-żgħażagħ li fih se jkun hemm il-possibiltà tal-Qrar minn diversi saċerdoti. Dan is-servizz penitenzjali, bl-isem ta’ ‘Jiena Naħfirlek’, se jinkludi l-kontribut tal-Y4J Band. Wara, jibda pellegrinaġġ fit-toroq tar-Rabat u l-Imdina b’kurċifiss impitter apposta għall-okkażjoni mill-artist u seminarista David Borg, b’innijiet tal-Mixja Neo-Katekumenali. Il-pellegrinaġġ jintemm fil-Bieb tal-Ħniena tal-Katidral tal-Imdina.

“The Synod on the Family… a personally moving experience” – Bishop Grech

Invited by the Seminary staff to give his own personal evaluation of the Synod on the Family as he experienced it during the three-week period between the 4th and 25th of October of this year, Bishop Mario Grech described the whole experience as “grace-filled” and personally “moving”. In his talk, held at the Seminary, the Bishop pinpointed three main breakthroughs in this Synod.

The first treated ecclesiology. Referring back to an intervention he himself made, the Bishop described the atmosphere…

Li kieku Ġesù kellu jiġi għaċ-CHOGM

Immaġina li għaċ-CHOGM, barra r-Reġina Eliżabetta tal-Ingilterra, jattendi wkoll Kristu Re. Kieku kellu jiġi, żgur li kien jattendi għal-laqgħat mal-mexxejja l-oħra u jagħti sehmu fid-diskussjoni. Imma ibqa’ ċert li kien ibiddel xi ftit affarijiet minn dak li hu pjanat għall-oħrajn. Pereżempju, żgur li ma kienx ser joqgħod mal-oħrajn f’xi lukanda lussuża jew f’wieħed mill-palazzi presidenzjali. X’aktarx kien joqgħod id-Dar tal-Providenza, jew forsi wkoll id-Dar tal-Kleru. Konvint li hemmhekk, qalb dik it-tbatija u d-dipendenza, kien iħossu iktar at home. X’aktarx…

Three Seminarians to be instituted in the Acolyte Ministry

Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna will be instituting three seminarians in the Acolyte Ministry during a celebration at the parish church of Saint Philip of Agira, Ħaż-Żebbuġ, on Friday 13th November 2015. Mass starts at 6:30 p.m.

The three seminarians are Sinclair Bugeja from the Parish of the Holy Family, Iklin, Ryan Lee Pace from the Parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Gżira, and Mark Spiteri from the Parish of Saint Philip of Agira, Ħaż-Żebbuġ.

The institution as acolytes…