Author name: Fr Terence Spiteri

Feasts Held in Gozo on the Occasion of the 125th Anniversaryof the Canonization of St. Rita 1900–2025

The Jubilee celebrations of Saint Rita in Gozo began with a pilgrimage to Cascia on 19th March 2025. Participants had the opportunity to unite the Jubilee of Hope 2025 with the Jubilee marking the 125th anniversary of the Canonization of Saint Rita (1900–2025). On 11th May 2025, at the Church of Saint Augustine in Victoria, a Musical Academy was held under the direction of the Santa Ċecilja Foundation. The event

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Centenary Celebrations in honour of Saint Rita in Valletta

During the month of May, the Augustinian Family, together with the whole Church and many devotees of Saint Rita, celebrated her annual liturġical feast. Special celebrations were planned this year celebrating the 125th anniversary of the canonization of the much loved Saint by Pope Leo XIII in the year 1900. The centenary celebrations in Valletta began with the First Thursday of St Rita last January and culminated in a National

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Best Wishes at the Beginning of the Petrine Ministry of Pope Leo XIV

On Sunday 18 May, Pope Leo XIV celebrated mass in St. Peter’s Square with symbolic gestures and rites through which the Petrine Ministry that he is now assuming was officially inaugurated. Among several Augustinian friars, the Prior Provincial Fr. Leslie Gatt was also present at the celebration on behalf of the Maltese Augustinian friars. Under a blue sky, a large community of Christians from around the world, together with various

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50th Anniversary of the Consecration of the Church of St. Nicholas in Tarxien

On Saturday, May 10, the Augustinian Community in Tarxien organized a celebration of Thanksgiving on the 50th anniversary of the Consecration of the Church dedicated to St. Nicholas of Tolentine, which took place on May 10, 1975. The mass presided over by the Prior Provincial, began with the incense of the twelve crosses that had been anointed with sacred oil by Archbishop Mgr Mikiel Gonzi on the day of the

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Augustinian Cardinal Elected as the New Pope of the Catholic Church

The Maltese Augustinian Province joyfully welcomes the news of the election of H.E. Cardinal Robert F. Prevost O.S.A. as Bishop of Rome and Shepherd of the Universal Church, now taking the name Leo XIV. In this spirit, we unite with the entire Augustinian Order around the world and with the Universal Church, giving thanks to the Lord for calling this brother of ours in the Augustinian religious life to such

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The Augustinian Institute holds the 26th Annual Lecture

On Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th March, the Augustinian Institute, in collaboration with the Faculty of Theology and the Foundation for Theological Studies of the Archdiocese of Malta, organised the 26th Saint Augustine Lecture. The Saint Augustine Lecture is an annual event in which internationally renowned professors are invited to present various themes, usually related to Patristic or Christian Antiquity. This year’s two lectures were given by Dr Marie Pauliat,

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