Dalla
fine di Settembre alla metà di Novembre 2018, il lavoro del Nunzio
Apostolico ha avuto momenti significativi sia dal punto di vista
degli incontri diplomatici e sia dal punto di vista della presenza
nella vita ecclesiale di Malta. Personalmente l’Arcivescovo
D’Errico ha postato con continuità sulla pagina social le notizie
essenziali riguardanti i vari incontri con le personalità politiche
religiose e diplomatiche; non ha fatto mancare, d’altro canto, il
riporto di riflessioni spirituali e di testi di omelie e discorsi
significativi. Pertanto il blog può arricchirsi di contributi
particolari evidenziando i temi trattati dal Nunzio e presentando, a
partire dalle più recenti le celebrazioni e gli incontri che lo
hanno visto presente e protagonista.
I
temi preferenziali si evincono dalle omelie tenute: alla Messa di
Ringraziamento celebrata per i giovani graduandi dell’Università
di Malta, alla Cerimonia di Commiato del Corpo Diplomatico per
l’Incaricato d’Affari della Libia, alla Messa per il servizio a
Malta e in Libia delle Missionarie della Carità di Santa Teresa di
Calcutta. Altre riflessioni sono leggibili nei post relativi alla
Solennità di Tutti i Santi e alla celebrazione dei Defunti.
Principalmente i temi attengono il Magistero del Santo Padre, le
esortazioni provenienti dal Sinodo dei Giovani, il riferimento
costante alla Vangelo e alla Parola di Dio, il servizio per i poveri,
la spiritualità basata sulla preghiera e sulla vita orientata alla
santità.
Solenne
MESSA DI RINGRAZIAMENTO per i GRADUANDI dell'Università di
Malta, con la partecipazione della 'Acting President' della
Repubblica di Malta, S.E. la Signora DOLORES CRISTINA, del
Rettore, dei Decani e del Corpo Docente dell'Ateneo.
(Concattedrale
di San Giovanni, La Valletta, Malta,16 novembre
2018).
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Words of the
Apostolic Nuncio At the Thanksgiving Mass For the University of
Malta Graduations 2018 (St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, 16th
November 2018).
INTRODUCTION
Dear
Sisters and brothers in Christ,
It
is with great pleasure that I have accepted the invitation to preside
over at this Thanksgiving Mass, on the occasion of this year’s
University of Malta Graduations.
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To all of you, dear graduands, I extend my cordial greeting. Welcome
to this beautiful Co-cathedral of St. John for such a significant
event. It is in-deed praiseworthy that you have chosen to come here
to thank God for having reached this milestone in your life.
May
I recall that the month of October was particularly important for the
Church, because in Rome the Synod of Bishops on young people was
celebrated. Most probably you know that in an important speech, at
the beginning of the Synod, the Holy Father invited youths to be
people on the move, following the path of the Beatitudes through a
coherent life: a demanding and exciting life program for you and for
us.
Therefore,
I invite you, first to thank God for the goals achieved in these
years of formation, and at the same time, to ask with humble and
intense prayer that God might always be the light and the force that
guides you on the paths of life.
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Let me also extend respectful greetings to Her Excellency the Acting
President of the Republic of Malta, Madame Dolores Cristina , the
Rector of the University, the Pro-Rectors, the Deans, the Lecturers,
the University’s Administrative Staff.
Your
Excellencies, Honourable Brothers in Christ, your presence here
together with the graduands who have completed their period of
formation, is an eloquent sign of how important the good formation of
young people is for you and for Malta.
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And now, for a worthy celebration of this Eucharist, let us
acknowl-edge that we are in the presence of the Lord, who will come
to us through His Word and Sacrament.
HOMILY
(Readings:
2 Jn 4-9; Ps 118:1.2.10.17.18; Lk 17:26-37)
Dear
Graduands,
1.
I congratulate you most heartily. You have just completed the period
of your formation, and your graduation is like a bridge to the
next phase of your life, which may mean either further studies, or
embracing a new profession.
Evidently,
the celebration of this Solemn Mass is an act of thanksgiving to the
Lord. This is a moment when we pause to thank God, because He has
accompanied you through years of study and enrichment, through ups
and downs, through experiences of joy and commitment.
Secondly,
we are in the Lord’s presence also for another reason: we wish to
ask the Lord to guide you in the years to come; and therefore, we ask
in prayer for his light and his strength for your future.
2.
The Scripture readings, proclaimed earlier, convey a special
message to each one us. The Gospel passage from St. Luke is one
of those readings of-ten addressed to us, in this phase of the
liturgical year of the Church, when it draws to a close. The Gospel
reading talks about fearful happenings associated with the end of
time. At the same time, the text talks also about people who were
alienated with plenty of daily activities: “people were eating and
drinking, buying and selling, planting and building” (Lk 17:28b).
They were so alienated that they didn’t realize that the Lord’s
coming was near.
Evidently,
we do not know when the Lord’s coming will take place. We also do
not know what the future holds in store for us. From this page of the
Gospel, we are simply called to be prepared. Be prepared for what
lies in store tomorrow, means performing our duties well today. It
means doing even little things with great dedication and love. That
is looking not at one's own interest, but at the good of those near
to us (especially the most needy), and of the society we serve with
our activities. And all this taking Our Lord Jesus Christ as a model;
Jesus who came to serve and not to be served and did not hesitate to
give his life for us.
Thus
we can better understand some expressions of Jesus that we have just
heard and may appear paradoxical from the human point of view.
“Anyone who tries to preserve his life [by himself, by herself]
will lose it; and anyone who loses it [like Jesus] will keep it safe”
(Lk 17:33).
Dear
Graduands, as you embark on your profession, whatever it is, you are
reminded by Jesus that it is by offering yourself generously that you
will experience life in its fullness.
3.
The other Reading, from the Second Letter of the Apostle St. John
clari-fiesthis great ideal for each one of us. Let us recall St. John
the Apostle’s view, which is very clear and is the basis of his
second letter from which this passage is taken. St. John often
affirms in this letter that God is Love. God is a Father who takes
care of us carefully despite our limitations, our weaknesses and our
sins.God is a Father rich in mercy, who does not hesitate to send His
son Jesus Christ to free us from sin. And Jesus took his Mission
seriously, and brought it to completion until death on the cross.
The
consequence is easy to understand. As Christians - that is, as
disciples and followers of Jesus - we should try to do the same in
our lives and in our activities. We should love each other as Jesus
loved us, keeping Him as the Supreme model: without interests,
without calculations, without limits, without differences, without
waiting. The Apostle John says “Let us love each other. To love is
to live according to the [Lord’s] commandments: this is the
commandment which you have heard since the beginning, to live a life
of love” (2 Jn 5b-6). In short, we should always take Jesus as an
example for our daily life and behave according to His teachings and
His way of service and love.
4.Dear
Graduands,
This
evening, all of us are encouraged to cherish life through love.
Through mutual love, we can put service into practice. Through
service, we will contribute to the advancement of Maltese society, as
well as those of other countries, where eventually we may be working.
Your
presence, this evening, and your devote participation at this Mass,
is a living sign of your commitment – as Christians and citizens.
May your commitment be blessed and strengthened by the Lord! May your
service be inspired by Christian values and especially by the model
of Jesus’ love! May you contribute to build a better society, a
civilization of love, which cher-ishes human dignity, love,
solidarity and service. Amen.
Festa
a casa di Padre Hayden Williams, OFM Cap, per il COMPLEANNO di Mons.
ANTON GOUDER, e il 20° ANNIVERSARIO della nomina episcopale del
NUNZIO APOSTOLICO (Senglea, Malta, 14 novembre 2018).
Felicitazioni
vivissime, cara Eccellenza, con ogni migliore augurio per
il Suo prezioso servizio alla Santa Sede e alla
Chiesa.
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Il
Santo Padre Francesco ha nominato Segretario aggiunto della
CONGREGAZIONE PER LA DOTTRINA DELLA FEDE S. E. Rev.ma Mons.
CHARLES JUDE SCICLUNA, il quale conserva l'Ufficio di
Arcivescovo Metropolita di
Malta
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59
anni, nato a Toronto in Canada, da genitori maltesi immigrati,
rientrato a pochi mesi con la sua famiglia nel paese natio, entra in
seminario all’età di 19 anni e consegue poi la laurea in Diritto
civile e la licenza in Teologia presso l’università di Malta e in
seguito la laurea in Diritto canonico presso la Pontifica Università
Gregoriana; ordinato sacerdote a 27 anni e nominato vescovo da
Benedetto XVI, viene consacrato nel 2012 ed elevato arcivescovo
metropolita di Malta nel 2015 da Francesco.
Tra
il 1990 e il 1995 svolge l’incarico di difensore del vincolo e
promotore di giustizia presso il Tribunale metropolitano di Malta,
insegna Teologia pastorale e Diritto canonico nella Facoltà di
teologia ed è vice rettore al Seminario maggiore dell’arcidiocesi
maltese. Nel 1995 viene chiamato da Giovanni Paolo II al servizio
della Santa Sede, prima come promotore di giustizia sostituto presso
il Tribunale della Segnatura apostolica e poi come promotore di
giustizia presso la Congregazione per la Dottrina della fede. Docente
negli stessi anni nella Facoltà di Diritto canonico della Pontificia
Università Gregoriana.
La
lotta agli abusi sessuali
Mons. Scicluna si è distinto in
particolare per l’impegno profuso nella lotta agli abusi sessuali
all’interno della Chiesa, nel rispetto dei diritti umani e con
particolare attenzione alle vittime di violenze, svolgendo importanti
missioni per conto di Papa Francesco, a seguito della nomina ricevuta
di presidente del Collegio per l’esame dei ricorsi in materia di
Delicta reservata, presso la Congregazione della dottrina della fede.
Nel febbraio scorso Papa Francesco lo ha inviato in Cile per indagare
sulle denunce a carico del sacerdote Fernando Karadima al centro
dello scandalo di abusi e tra i fedeli della diocesi di Osorno dove
era vescovo un allievo di quest’ultimo, quel mons. Juan Barros che
nel frattempo si è dimesso. Roberta
Gisotti, Vatican News.
Incontro
con Sr Frances
Farrugia, Sr.
Liliana Borg e Sr. Robeena Inayat, della Congregazione
delle "Dominican Sisters of Malta", Missionarie in
Pakistan (Rabat, Malta, 13 novembre 2018).
Solenne
Concelebrazione Eucaristica alla Concattedrale di San Giovanni a
LA VALLETTA per il 50 ° ANNIVERSARIO DI CARITAS
MALTA, presieduta dall''Arcivescovo Charles Scicluna, con
la partecipazione della Signora Presidente della Repubblica, e
di Ministri, Parlamentari, autorità civili, alti Rappresentanti
di Caritas Europa e Caritas Internazionalis (La Valletta,
Malta, 9 novembre 2018).
FAREWELL
RECEPTION (cerimonia di commiato) del Corpo Diplomatico per
l'INCARICATO D'AFFARI DELLA LIBIA, S. E. il Dott. ELHABIB
ALAMIN,
(Rabat, Malta, 8 novembre
2018).
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Speech by
H.E. Archbishop Alessandro D’Errico at the Farewell Reception
organized by the Diplomatic Corps for Mr. ELHABIB ALAMIN, Chargé
d’Affaires of Libya (8th November 2018)
Your
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Welcome
to you all!
Thank you very much for your participation in this
Farewell Reception, organized by the Diplomatic Corps in honor of our
distinguished Colleague, Mr. Elhabib ALAMIN, Chargé d’Affaires of
Libya, who is terminating his mission in Malta.
A
special welcome to Mrs. Kirsten Spiteri, Chief of Diplomatic
Protocol.
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On
this occasion, let me mention some elements of Mr. Alamin’s
“curriculum vitae”.
Mr.
Alamin is a distinct Libyan personality well known for his activities
not only in the political field, but also at a scientific and
cultural level, especially in the field of archeology, scientific
research and poetry.
He
graduated in Archeology at the University of Benghasi in 1987. Then,
he continued his research in the Department of Archeology at the same
university, where he obtained the M.A. in 1994. Later on, in 2010, he
obtained the PHD degree at the University of Rome.
In
the first years of his professional activities as an archaeologist,
he worked for various archaeological projects, restorations,
archeological surveillance, explorations, excavations, and
inspections of various historical locations in Libya, often in
collaboration with high-level foreign academic institutions including
some from Italy, England, France, Sweden and several Arab countries.
As
a poet, writer and political activist, Mr. Alamin contributed a lot
in the Libyan Media on public matters in symposia and workshops about
the civil society, the role of intellectuals, the democratic
transformation, as well as being present in European and Arab
channels as activist and analyst about the issues of Libyan affairs.
In
September 2012 he was assigned by the National Transitional Council
as a Director of Culture and Civil Society in Benghasi, in the
Executive Bureau.
Following
the elections of the General National Congress, Mr. Alamin was
selected to be the Minister of Culture and Civil Society within the
Libyan Transitional Government headed by Mr. Ali Zeidan.
Then
he was appointed as Minister of Housing and Public Facilities, and as
Minister of Information. He continued working in these posts until
the formation of the Libyan Transitional Government of Mr. Abdallah
Althini, when he became Political and Media Advisor to the Prime
Minister.
In
November 2014 Mr. Alamin was assigned by the Transitional Government
to the post of Chargé d'Affaires and Head of the Libyan Mission in
the Republic of Malta.
During
these past four years in Malta he carried out his duties with
dynamism and competence, both within the Libyan community, which is
quite numerous in Malta, and also through the countless contacts that
he held with the political and cultural institutions of these
islands. Besides this, he participated in many important
international conferences as well.
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Dear
Mr. ALAMIN,
During
your term of office in Malta, you have served your Country with great
competence, and your professional and human qualities have been much
appreciated.
Let
me also add my personal gratitude for what you have done for me in my
position as Apostolic Nuncio to Libya, and in particular, I would
like to say a big thank you for the facilitations you extended to me
for my visits to Libya and for all the advise about the situation in
the country and the main agents of this delicate period.
Now,
when you are terminating your mission, we are confident that the
silver plate we are presenting to you as a souvenir, will remind you
of your colleagues in Malta, and help you cherish good memories of
the time spent here.
For
future activities, we wish you a pleasant and successful service, to
both your country and to the international community.
Thank
You!
Incontro
con la Delegazione della Fondazione "Aiuto alla Chiesa che
soffre" (" Aid to Church in need"- ACN International
), in visita a Malta, guidata dal Dott. THOMAS HEINE- GELDERN, nuovo
Presidente Esecutivo di ACN (Rabat,
Malta, 6 novembre 2018).
Santa
Messa alla MARIAPOLI 2018 del Movimento dei Focolari (Ramla
Bay Resort, Mellieha, Malta, 3 novembre 2018).
O
Dio, onnipotente ed eterno,
Signore dei vivi e dei
morti,
pieno di misericordia verso tutte le tue
creature,
concedi il perdono e la pace ai nostri fratelli
defunti,
perché immersi nella tua beatitudine ti lodino
senza fine.
L'eterno
riposo dona loro o Signore,
splenda ad essi la luce
perpetua,
riposino in pace.
Amen.
SOLENNITÀ
DI TUTTI I SANTI.
Una maestra di una scuola materna aveva
portato la sua classe a visitare il duomo di Milano e raccontava le
figure dei Santi sulle vetrate luminose. Qualche giorno dopo, in
occasione della festa dei Santi , il parroco domanda ai bambini: "Chi
sono i Santi ?". Prontamente un bambino risponde: "Sono
quelli che fanno passare la luce".
La
piu’ bella definizione dei Santi l’ha detta quel bambino.
Ogni
volta che incontriamo una persona che ha luce negli occhi, che
diffonde attorno a sé questa luce, non abbagliandoti ma illuminando
la strada, quello e’ un Santo! Ognuno di noi ha conosciuto questi
Santi : non uomini e donne perfetti, ma persone vere, semplici, che
stanno in ascolto della vita, trasmettono la gioia di vivere e sanno
trasmetterti la bellezza di Dio.
BUONA
FESTA A TUTTI .
Incontro
con S. E. l'Amb. GABOR GYORIVANYI, Incaricato d'affari a. i. di
Ungheria nella Repubblica di Malta (Rabat, Malta 31 ottobre
2018).
Incontro
con il Presidente e Membri del Consiglio Direttivo della FONDAZIONE
GIOVANNI PAOLO II di Gozo e Malta (Rabat, Malta, 31 ottobre
2018)
Santa
Messa all'Università di Malta per la chiusura della CONVENZIONE
NAZIONALE del RINNOVAMENTO CARISMATICO DI MALTA (26-28
ottobre 2018) - Malta 28 ottobre 2018.
TAVOLA
ROTONDA "UNITED IN DIALOGUE" (Uniti nel dialogo), al
Palazzo Presidenziale, tra Responsabili delle COMUNITÀ
RELIGIOSE presenti a Malta, organizzata e moderata dalla
Signora Presidente della Repubblica , S. E. MARIE LOUISE COLEIRO
PRECA. (La Valletta, 23 0ttobre 2018).
Incontro
con il Rev. BRENDAN GATT, Vicario Giudiziale del Tribunale
Ecclesiastico Metropolitano di Malta (Rabat, Malta, 23
Ottobre 2018)
Incontro
con S. E. il Sig. FRANK ZAMMIT, nuovo Ambasciatore della
Repubblica di Malta presso la Santa Sede (Rabat,
Malta 23 ottobre 2018).
Incontro
con il Prof. PAUL SHIBERRAS, Docente di Sacra Scrittura alla Facoltà
di Teologia dell'Università di Malta (Rabat , Malta, 16
ottobre 2018)
Santa
Messa alla RESIDENZA PRESIDENZIALE DI SAN ANTON, in occasione della
celebrazione della FESTA DELLA MADONNA DEL PILAR, (alla quale è
dedicata la Cappella del Palazzo Presidenziale), e del Quinto
Anniversario di FONDAZIONE dell'ASSOCIAZIONE MALTESE DEI NONNI,
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con la partecipazione della Signora Presidente della Repubblica di
Malta , S. E. MARIE-LOUISE COLEIRA PRECA ,
- dei
membri dell'Associazione Maltese dei nonni e del suo Presidente, Sig.
PHILIP MICHAEL CHIRCOP,
- e di altre Autorità. (San
Anton, Malta 14 ottobre 2018).
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OMELIA
DEL NUNZIO APOSTOLICO
"Ho sete". "Tutto
quello che avete fatto a uno solo di questi miei fratelli più
piccoli, l’avete fatto a me"
I
am really happy to be here today and I am very grateful to Sr. Maya
for the invitation to celebrate this Eucharist with you.
I am
always pleased to share some experiences and some moments of prayer
with the Missionary Sisters of Charity. Even more so today, thinking
of the precious service that you render here in Malta and of the
touching testimony that the Missionary Sisters of Charity give in
Tripoli.
I
am even more pleased to be with you today also for the fact that I am
linked to Sr. Maya by an old friendship, since we were together in
Pakistan 20 years ago. Then it was a great joy for me, when last year
I was appointed here in this Mediterranean region, to find her as a
Regional Superior.
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Dear
Sisters, in the past few days I was thinking what message I could
leave through this homily today. After reflection and prayer, I
thought that it would have been better to share some experiences of
mine around the world, through my contacts with your communities,
especially in very difficult countries.
1)
To start with, I would like to say that I have always been impressed
by the great service that you render to the poorest of the poor and
by your spirit of prayer.
I
have often visited your houses and your chapels. What is impressing
to me is to always find behind the altar a writing that reminds us of
the fifth word of Jesus on the Cross: I THIRST. After these visits, I
have often meditated in prayer for my Episcopal service and often I
found myself wondering what these words of Jesus on the Cross could
mean for my service to the Church.
2)
Let us then contemplate the scene together. We are at the end of
Jesus’ life, in one of the most dramatic moments of His life: the
moments of the great pain and sufferings on the Cross.
This
contemplation reminds us that Jesus lived a life of coherence,
courage, determination in His mission, in order to announce the good
news of God, rich in mercy towards all, and with a special preference
for the poorest.
Now,
we should ask ourselves what Jesus specifically intends to say with
these words, not only in that dramatic moment of the experience of
the Cross, but also what He wants to say to each of us today, because
his word is always an actual one, also for us.
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Evidently, we can easily understand that in those dramatic moments of
the Passion He also suffers dehydration and He needs something to
drink. So this is a material thirst; and that’s why those around
Him run to bring Him something to drink, as the Gospel says.
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But in the experience of Mother Teresa, and of several great mystics,
these words of Jesus are also of much more importance on a spiritual
level: Jesus wants to say that He is thirsty of souls, of our souls,
of our concrete commitment to Him.
3)
In this regard, I would like to remind you and myself of Mother
Teresa’s first experience of the mystical thirst of Jesus, on
September 10, 1946.
On
that day, she was still a nun of the Sisters of Loreto, a missionary
in India. While travelling by train and doing her meditation, she
understood deeply the mystical thirst of Jesus as a call to give Him
a concrete answer with her life, by putting it at the service of the
poorest, in whom we can see the hidden face of Jesus.
Thus,
the thirst of Jesus became the foundation of the whole charisma of
the Congregation, of its Constitution and of the activities that the
Missionaries of Charity have around the world.
In
other words, Jesus is thirsty for our souls, and is thirsty for an
adequate response from us, reciprocating at some extent the great
love that He had for us, without limits, up to the great sufferings
of the passion and death on the Cross.
Let
us remember some of Mother Teresa’s comments: “…Listen to him
while He pronounces your name with this expression" .I thirst
means “I am thirsty for your soul, I am thirsty for your response
... for your participation in my passion, in my redemptive
suffering”.
4)
We can understand all this also from another perspective. The answer
that Jesus expects from us is that of a full and complete readiness
to embrace His project of life - a project of full communion with the
Heavenly Father, with a joyful commitment to the poor.
That’s
why Mother Teresa often stressed the importance of keeping to-gether
two sentences of Jesus. The first one is: I THIRST; and the second:
YOU DID IT TO ME.
Let
us remember once more the words of Jesus: “I was hungry and you
gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to
drink. I was a stranger and you invited me in. I needed clothes and
you clothed me. I was sick and you looked after me. I was in prison
and you came to visit me.…Truly I tell you, whatever you did for
one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it to
me”. So, for Jesus the poor are the hidden presence of Him near to
us and so tangible. Therefore, they are the intermediaries through
whom we can see and touch Jesus, the most precious gifts of God.
Evidently
this also implies a great spirit of sacrifice, and also a great deal
of suffering. But in Mother Theresa’s perspective there is no doubt
that serving the poorest and sharing their sufferings is the best way
for us to participate con-cretely to the redemptive passion of Jesus,
completing in our flesh - as St. Paul says- what is lacking in Jesus'
sufferings.
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Dear
Sisters, allow me to conclude these few scattered reflections by
say-ing a big THANK YOU to each one of you, for the example that you
give us of Jesus' thirst applied to the concrete circumstances of
today’s society.
I
have always found you on the front line, in the most difficult
places, in the most complicated Missions, where often others don’t
like or don’t have the courage to go, like in Afghanistan and in
Libya for example.
Therefore,
allow me, as a Pontifical Representative, to tell you my personal
gratitude for what you do and for what you are. Your charisma was
important for St. John Paul II, who nourished so much esteem and
fraternal friendship with Saint Mother Teresa. It is also important
for Pope Francis, who wanted to take the name of Francis just to
remind all of us that the Church needs to rediscover the need of a
preferential option for the poor.
With
this gratitude I entrust you once more to the protection of the great
Foundress Saint Mother Teresa, sure that she will obtain for you all
the graces, all the blessings you need, to live such a demanding
mission for the poorest, often in the most difficult circumstances.
Amen
Incontro
con S. E. Monsignor CHARLES V. E. GAUCI, di origine maltese,
Vescovo di Darwin (Australia) (Rabat, Malta , 11 ottobre 2018).
Pranzo
di commiato per MADRE GRAZIELLA BENGHINI, al termine della
Visita Canonica, e Festa di Compleanno per Suor LILIAN
CINTYA PALMA ROJAS, SOSC, della Comunità delle Suore SOSC in
servizio alla Nunziatura Apostolica (Rabat, Malta, 10
ottobre 2018).
Incontro con P. ANTON FARRUGGIA, OFM (Rabat, Malta, 9 ottobre 2018)
Ricevo
ancora qualche bella foto della Visita alla
Parrocchia-Santuario della Madonna di Pompei in MARSAXLOKK di
domenica scorsa 7 ottobre, e le condivido volentieri per il loro
significato (9 ottobre 2018).
Visita
alla Parrocchia-Santuario della Madonna di Pompei in
MARSAXLOKK.
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Santa Messa, Processione e Benedizione Eucaristica, incontro con
i Sacerdoti e le Religiose (7
ottobre 2018)
Visita
della Rev.ma Madre GRAZIA BENGHINI, SUPERIORA GENERALE delle
Suore Salesiane Oblate del Sacro CUORE (SOSC).
-
Un grande e fraterno BENVENUTO, cara Madre Graziella, con viva
gratitudine per il prezioso servizio che le Consorelle SOSC rendono
nella casa del Papa a Malta e per la Libia, e con ogni migliore
augurio per il Suo intenso apostolato. (6 ottobre 2018).
Incontro
con il nuovo Ambasciatore di Germania nella Repubblica di Malta,
S. E. il Sig. WALTER HAßMAM (Rabat, Malta, 5 ottobre
2018).
Incontro
di lavoro con Il Ministro degli Affari Esteri e della Promozione
Commerciale, l'On. CARMELO ABELA, e la Segretaria Generale del
Ministero, l'Amb. FIONA FORMOSA (Palazzo Parisio, La
Valletta, 1 ottobre 2018).
Incontro
con l'ARCIVESCOVO Charles J. Scicluna, la Mamma MARIA CARMELA e
la Sorella MONICA, alla solenne Celebrazione di ieri al
Santuario mariano di Nostra Signora del Cuore di Gesù, in Sliema.
Concelebrazione
Eucaristica di ringraziamento alla PARROCCHIA DI NOSTRA SIGNORA
DEL CUORE DI GESÙ, dei Frati Francescani Minori (OFM), presieduta
dall'Arcivescovo Scicluna, per il CENTESIMO ANNIVERSARIO
di erezione.
- INCORONAZIONE della statua della Patrona ed
erezione della chiesa a SANTUARIO mariano (Sliema, Malta, 29
settembre 2018)
Incontro
con la nuova Ambasciatrice di FRANCIA nella Repubblica di
Malta, S.E. la Sig.ra BRIGITTE CURMI (Rabat,
Malta, 28 settembre 2018).
