The experience of the first live-in, held between January 10, 2025, and January 12, 2025, at St Augustine College in Pietà, served as the foundation for us, the six young volunteers who will be undertaking a volunteer experience in Iquitos, Peru. This live-in, although spanning only three days, helped us get to know a bit about each other’s personalities, showcasing our talents and what each of us can offer during […]
The Segretarjat Missjonijiet Agostinjani – AMIGOS invites you to join us for a hike on Sunday, 26th January*, in aid of Iquitos – Perù 2025. We will meet at Żonqor Point, Marsascala (opposite “Pixxina”) at 9:00 AM and walk along the coast to Rinella, returning around 12:30 PM. If you’re interested please fill in the form below. *In case of bad weather, the hike will be rescheduled to a later
During these days, the calendar for the Augustinian Missions 2025 is being distributed. Anyone who would like a copy can send an email to [email protected] with their name and the address where they would like to receive the calendar.
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Now that the experience is over and everyone is returning to their normal routine we would like to express our gratitude for everything we went through in July for three weeks in Mozambique together with the Augustinian Sisters. Coming back to Malta, we were all sorry to leave so many people and experiences behind us, at the same time satisfied that our work left hope in the lives of these
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The Maltese Augustinian Province together with the secretariat for the Augustinian Missions will celebrate a thanksgiving Eucharist on the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the secretariat in 1994. This mass will be held on Saturday 6 April at the Church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, Lampuka Street, Tarxien at 6.30pm. For the last 30 years AMIGOS has offered several young people a missionary experience, in Brazil, Mozambique and Kenya.
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Our journey started 9 months before we flew to the beautiful country of Kenya. In Malta, we planned several fundraising activities to collect money for Amigos missions in Africa. We had countless meetings and a live-in throughout this time in preparation for our mission together. Soon enough it was time to fly some 2,900 miles to Kenya. Once there, it was impossible not to fall in love with Kenya. The
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On Sunday 2 July, a group of young people were given the missionary cross and the camino shell as a sign of the beginning of their experiences in Kenya and to Santiago. During the Eucharistic celebration in the Church of Saint Nicholas from Tolentino, Tarxien, the Provincial Fr. Leslie Gatt invited the young people to let these experiences speak to them in their lives and assured them that from Malta
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This summer 5 young people together with Fr Mario Abela osa will go to Kenya to do missionary work together with the Augustinian Friars. We asked them how they found out about this experience. Thank you for this choice to spend part of the summer for others in poor countries like Kenya. Mireille Gauci: For me this is the first experience of voluntary work that I will do. I have
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Over two weekends, the ‘Amigos’ missionary group organizes a fundraiser event for their mission by selling Maltese Traditional Figolli during the Lent period. The Figolli were sold by volunteers, including a group of five young individuals who will be embarking on a missionary experience in Kenya next summer. This activity took place on the parvis of various churches, which warmly welcomed the group and collaborated in this initiative. Despite the
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