On Tuesday the 30th of September, 2014 at 6.15pm, during a concelebrated Mass presided by His Grace Msgr. Paul Cremona O.P. Archbishop of Malta, Rev. Fr. Alex Borg ofm was sworn in as Parish Priest of our Sacro Cuor Parish in Sliema, in the presence of a sizeable congregation made up of parishioners and members of different parish groups, amongst which the Parish Pastoral Council led by Mr. Patrick Spiteri moderator, the Parish Feasts Commission led by Mr. Josef Vella President, the President Mr. Jesmond Vella and Committee members of the Sliema Phiharmonic Society Band Club and others. Particular mention is made of the participation of the parish choir under the direction of Rev. Fr. Paul Galea ofm, Guardian of the Sliema fraternity, the guitar music ministry group and the ...

The Minister Provincial Fr. Richard Stanley Grech ofm attended the meeting of the English Speaking Conference of the Order of Friars Minor between the 6th and the 11th October, 2014. The meeting was held at Mt. St. Francis Retreat Centre in Calgary, Canada. Thirteen other Ministers Provincial from the United States, Canada, England, Ireland and Lithuania also participated in the ESC-OFM. During the first day of the meeting the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor, Fr. Michael Anthony Perry ofm, was present and addressed the brother Ministers Provincial gathered there. The meeting of the ESC-OFM is held twice a year and aims to bring together the Ministers Provincial of the English Speaking Provinces of the Order in a spirit of true Franciscan unity, solidarity and ...

On the 4th October 2014, at St. Mary of Jesus Church in Valletta, the Minister Provincial Fr. Richard S. Grech O.F.M. together with a beautiful number of the Friars from different friaries in Malta, gathered to celebrate the Feast of Our Father Francis of Assisi. A celebration of the Eucharist animated by the "Coro bel Canto", in a beautifully adorned Church, an Architectural jewel in the City. The Minister spoke to the brethren in a heartfelt homily inviting us to take the opportunity of this celebration and the 100 years of the Erection of our Province of St. Paul the Apostle in Malta, to do some "Soul Searching". To dig deep in our original call, as each Friar recollect what brought me to the Franciscan Order. "Bonasera buona gente", with this greeting to each person who ...

Gheziez huti u hutna lkoll li bhalissa tinsabu barra minn art twelidna biex taqdu lill-Mulej u lill-Knisja Tieghu f’art barranija. Fl-okkazjoni tas-Solennita’ tal-Missier taghna San Frangisk,nixtieq ghan-nom tieghi personali, u ghan-nom tal-ahwa taghna kollha li jinsabu hawn Malta u Ghawdex, minn qalbi nirringrazzja lilkom lkoll li ftakartu fina u baghattulna l-awguri taghkom. Fl-istess hin irrid minn qalbi nirreciproka l-awguri, x-xewqat u s-sentimenti sbih taghkom. Ibqghu certi li ghalkemm il-boghod mill-ghajn, imma zgur u qatt ma intom il-boghod mill-qalb. Specjalment f’mumenti bhal dawn, dak li lilna jaghmilna dak li ahna, u jorbotna haga wahda, ixejjen id-distanzi li hemm bejnietna. Kienet f’dawn il-gzejjer li ghal hafna minna, nibtet ghall-ewwel darba f’qalbna u gharafna ...

“Ikteb li jiena mbierek lill-aħwa tiegħi kollha li huma fl-Ordni ‘llum, u lil dawk kollha li għad jidħlu fih sal-aħħar tad-dinja…….Ladarba ma nistgħax nitkellem, dgħajjef kif jien u magħfus għall-aħħar mill-mard, fi tlett sentenzi qosra rrid nurihom l-aħħar rieda tiegħi, li hi din: bħala sinjal li huma jiftakru dejjem il-barka u t-testment tiegħi, iħobbu dejjem lil xulxin. Iħobbu dejjem u jħarsu bil-fedelta’ l-faqar mqaddes, is-sinjur tagħna. Ikunu dejjem fidili u sottomessi għall-prelati u l-kjerċi kollha ta’ Ommna l-Knisja Mqaddsa.”(TestSen) Lill-Gwardjani u l-Aħwa kollha, Il-Mulej jagħtikom is-Sliem! Fl-okkażjoni tant għażiża għalina tas-Solennita’ tal-Missier tagħna San Franġisk, nixtieq inġib quddiem għajnejna lkoll, din il-kitba tiegħu msejħa “t-Testment ta’ Siena”, li ...