As part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the different Christian Denomination in Tripoli, Libya, organised four prayer meetings together. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated between the 19^th and 25^th of January, this year was focused on the question taken from the Book of Micah:  “What does the Lord ask of us?”  All resources were prepared by an ecumenical group of students in Southern India. (more…)

Origen: On Prayer ( Chap. XX. FORMALITIES OF PRAYER: CONCLUSION) .................Yet there is a certain helpful charm in a place of prayer being the spot in which believers meet together. Also it may well be that the assemblies of believers also are attended by angelic powers, by the powers of our Lord and Saviour himself, and indeed by the spirits of saints, including those already fallen asleep, certainly of those still in life, though just how is not easy to say. In reference to angels we may reason thus: (more…)

The January 2013 issue of “OFM-LINK” is again online. It contains various  news items and articles regarding our province and the Franciscan Order. For more info click OFM-LINK on the above  bar to download or click here

On the 28th December, a Christmas gathering was held at the Porziuncola Retreat House in Bahar ic-Caghaq for the friars and their families. The evening began with a Con-Celebration presided by the minister Provincial, Fr. Sandro Overend OFM in the main Chapel of the Retreat House. The Manager, Mr. Edward Vella, together with the Staff of the House, offered a buffet to all who were present, immediately after the mass. (more…)

St. Justin Martyr (110-165 AD approx. ) (For the History note cfr. The Year of Faith with the Church Fathers {6} ). He ( the Son of God)  became man by the Virgin, in order that the disobedience which proceeded from the serpent might receive its destruction in the same manner in which it derived its origin. For Eve, who was a virgin and incorrupt, having conceived the word of the serpent, brought forth disobedience and death. (more…)